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♪ Sincerely ♪
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♪ Oh, yes, sincerely ♪
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♪ 'Cause I love you so dearly ♪
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♪ Please say you'll be mine ♪
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♪ Sincerely ♪
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♪ Oh, you know ♪
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♪ How I love you ♪
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♪ I'll do anything for you ♪
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♪ Please say you'll be mine ♪
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♪ Oh, LordWon't you tell me ♪
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♪ Why I love that girlie so ♪
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Are you looking
for something?
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No, I'm just
doing a little shopping.
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We also have shoes
in the basement.
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Do your other customers
know that too?
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Mama.
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Which one do you like better?
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Pardon me.
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I think I like this one.
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Will you really need a wallet
while you're down there?
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Oh, Mama. Please?
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Okay. Fine.
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Let's just go pay for it
and go home now.
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Sing out.
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♪ I love Bosco ♪
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♪ It's rich and chocolaty ♪
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♪ Chocolate-flavored BoscoIs mighty good for me ♪
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♪ Mama puts it in my milkfor extra energy ♪
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♪ Bosco gives me ironand sunshine vitamin D ♪
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♪ Oh, I love BoscoThat's the drink for me ♪
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Whoa! My man!
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You did that.
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You didn't stutter,
not one time.
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Now, Bo, you know
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it's time for you
to go to bed.
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Aw...
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You know you got
a big day tomorrow.
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Come on. Give Grandma a hug.
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I'll see you
when you get back.
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Bring it in.
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Good night, Mr. G.
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All right.
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Oh.
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You two don't get married
before I get back.
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Can't get married
without my best man.
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Good night.
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What?
Is it my bedtime too?
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Could be.
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Good night.
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I'll call you
after Bo gets on the train.
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Mrs. Spearman.
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She'll see you tomorrow.
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- All right. Good night.
- Good night.
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What's wrong, Mamie?
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We've never been apart
this long.
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He's just going
to see his cousins.
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It's not a bad thing for him
to know where he come from.
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Well, Chicago is all
he needs to know.
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I don't want him
seeing himself
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the way those people
are seen down there.
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Those people like me?
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Even you
left Mississippi, Mama.
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Mamie, Bo is growing up.
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You gonna have to let him go.
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All right, I know that face.
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That is the face of
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"Mama, mind your business,
and go home."
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Where's my pocket book?
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Mm-hmm. Right here.
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Oh, there it is.
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You need to get you
some rest too.
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- I will.
- Come on, baby.
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-I'll call you tomorrow.
-All right.
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-Good night, Mama.
-Good night, darlin'.
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A delightful day
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here in our town of Chicago
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and I presumethat you're, sort of,
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munching onWrigley's Spearmint,
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and you're all relaxed,
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and pleasantly situatedwherever you are.
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The sun's probably shining
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in your heartand your town too.
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♪ There was a guywho had some brand new tricks ♪
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♪ Played his hornwith some crazy licks ♪
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♪ The thing that made himsuch a flop ♪
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♪ Was he beeped ♪
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♪ When he should've... bopped ♪
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♪ That same old guy jumpedright up on the stand ♪
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♪ But... But he couldn't seemto dig the band ♪
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♪ Thought he was the creamof the crop but ♪
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♪ He beepedwhen he should have bopped ♪
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I got this ready for you.
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♪ All the catswould gather around ♪
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♪ To see whathe was tryin' to prove ♪
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♪ But anyonecould plainly see ♪
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♪ He was draggin' themout of the groove ♪
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♪ At last the leaderturned around and said ♪
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♪ Listen, Pops,you had better stop ♪
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♪ Oh, there you goYou did it again ♪
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♪ You just beepedwhen you should've bopped ♪
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All right, now,
you're gonna miss your train.
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Bo, when you get down there...
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Oh, not again, Mama.
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I've already
been to Mississippi.
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Only one time before,
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and you started a fight
with another little boy.
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He was picking on me.
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You're in the right
to stand up for yourself,
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but that's not
what I'm talking about.
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Well, they have
a different set of rules
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for Negroes down there.
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Are you listening?
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Yes.
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You have to be extra careful
with White people.
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You can't risk looking at them
the wrong way.
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I know.
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Bo.
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Be small down there.
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Like this?
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Instead of your father's ring,
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how about you wear
the cufflinks
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we got you last Christmas?
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They'll look so handsome
on you.
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No, Mama.
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I wanna wear the ring.
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Thank you.
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Go on downstairs.
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I need to finish
getting ready myself.
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Ah, morning, Mamie!
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Morning, Preacher.
Good morning, Wheeler.
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Hi, Miss Mamie.
Hi, Bo.
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You're leaving
Chicago too soon.
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You were only here a few days.
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I didn't need
no more days than that.
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I got to see some family,
a few friends.
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Maybe we get you
to come down...
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- ...see us.
- All aboard!
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I like it just fine out here,
Preacher.
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All right, now.
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Bo, stay close
to your cousins.
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Preacher, you and Aunty Lizzie
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make sure Bo calls and writes
every chance he gets.
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I need to know he's okay.
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Don't worry.
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Me, Lizzie, and the boys
will have a stern eye on him.
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Goodbye, Mamie.
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All right, now.
Come on, Bobo.
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Buh-bye, Mama.
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Oh, Bo!
You didn't kiss me goodbye.
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Mama. I gotta go.
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Listen to Preacher.
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Stay with your cousins
at all times.
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Be extra careful.
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I already know.
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You know what?
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I won't need to keep the time
on my vacation.
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Wind it every day.
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Last call!
Train's leaving!
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Buh-bye, Mama.
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Come on, Bobo.
Aight, Mamie.
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Time to move now.
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Now,
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all you gotta do
is pinch the bract right here,
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so you don't
get your fingertips...
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Hey, look at the size
of that bird.
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Whoa!
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Where'd you get that ring?
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Oh, it was my daddy's.
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He died a hero in the war.
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Well, let me try it on.
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Um, maybe later.
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All right.
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- Bo?
- Is he all right?
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Bobo!
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Come on.
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Roar!
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From the depths
of an ancient tomb,
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echoes a sound
that shakes the world.
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Meet the mummy, Simmy!
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Stop!
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You gonna get us in trouble.
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Or better yet, fired.
I'm done picking these fields.
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What do y'all do
with all this cotton anyway?
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We sell it.
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Mr. Frederick, who own
the land, take his share.
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I go to market with our haul.
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- Sounds pretty square.
- Hmm.
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Pa, you gonna let him
sass you that way?
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What way?
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The boy doesn't know
where his clothes come from.
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Nah.
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I take it back, Bobo.
Stay off the farm.
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City boy won't even know
how he found a whuppin'.
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Yes, he is.
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Damn near pass out.
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Come on, sit down.
Sit down, come on.
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Hey, young boy.
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How you doin' there,
young fella?
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Come on, learn somethin'.
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Well, I'm about raised
from the dead
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by all this excitement.
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Pay attention here,
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you gonna let us
learn you something.
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I'll make damn sure.
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I'mma do what I do.
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Thank you, ma'am.
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You look like a movie star.
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What?
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Where's Bobo?
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He's in there.
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Simmy. See to Bobo
while he's inside.
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See?
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Come on.
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Bye!
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Buh-bye!
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- Come on, let's go!
- Yeah?
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She getting her gun.
She getting her gun, y'all.
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Come on! Move!
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-Get up, now! Come on!
-Move!
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Move!
She goin' to get a gun, y'all!
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- Get in!
- Just lay low.
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Come on, Mau!
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Why aren't you at work?
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Is everything okay?
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That trip we planned
to take Bo on?
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Let's go now.
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You wanna go right now?
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You said you weren't feeling
that well.
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I was just missing Bo.
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I'm still missing Bo.
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We have never been apart
this long,
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and he's gonna be gone
another week.
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I need to keep doing things
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to take my mind off
of this feelin'.
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Okay.
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I can't go right now, but, uh,
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we'll try in a few days.
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Promise me
we'll go on the trip?
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Of course.
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I'm trying not to act
so silly!
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Better watch yourself.
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I don't know,
'cause when he looks at me,
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I just lose my mind!
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Oh!
But just be yourself.
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Okay. I'll try.
It's gonna be all right.
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Oh! Nice try.
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It's a high-speed
competition, huh?
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They call you city boy,
or somethin'?
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Think you so damn funny, huh?
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Why you whistle like that?
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Look, it's been three days,
okay?
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And we haven't heard
nothin' more
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about what I did in Money.
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That's 'cause no one knows
your face 'round here.
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That don't mean
they not in one of 'em cars
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looking for us.
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Look, I said I was sorry.
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We gotta tell Pappa.
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We all agreed
we wouldn't say anything.
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He'll make
Bobo go home.
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So what?
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You don't see what's been
going on around here?
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They killin' Negroes
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for doing way less
than what you did in Money.
265
00:20:01,736 --> 00:20:03,571
You ain't no White man, Bobo.
You one of us!
266
00:20:03,605 --> 00:20:04,838
Hey, leave him alone, Maurice.
267
00:20:04,872 --> 00:20:06,641
Mrs. Bryant must've kept it
to herself.
268
00:20:06,675 --> 00:20:08,175
No one has to know.
269
00:20:26,994 --> 00:20:29,731
Willie Mae, Ollie,
270
00:20:29,764 --> 00:20:32,266
I swear you two are losing
on purpose.
271
00:20:32,299 --> 00:20:34,201
Yeah, well, you must have
all the luck tonight, Mamie.
272
00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:36,203
Mm-hmm.
273
00:20:36,236 --> 00:20:37,871
Now, we've been here
all night,
274
00:20:37,905 --> 00:20:40,207
and you still haven't told us
what's bothering you.
275
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,676
I'm fine.
276
00:20:41,710 --> 00:20:43,545
I got a letter today
from Aunty Lizzie.
277
00:20:43,578 --> 00:20:46,748
She said Bo is really happy.
That's all I needed to hear.
278
00:20:46,781 --> 00:20:48,148
Mm.
279
00:20:48,182 --> 00:20:49,416
- That's real good, Mamie.
- -Mm-hmm.
280
00:20:49,450 --> 00:20:51,385
My boy, Curtis, just made it
down to Mississippi.
281
00:20:51,418 --> 00:20:52,286
I already told Uncle,
282
00:20:52,319 --> 00:20:54,021
"Make sure he see Bo
tomorrow."
283
00:20:54,054 --> 00:20:55,356
Bo would like that.
284
00:20:55,389 --> 00:20:56,490
Yeah.
285
00:20:56,524 --> 00:20:58,125
It'd be nice for him
to have another friend...
286
00:20:58,158 --> 00:21:00,194
- ...from the city there with him.
- -Mm-hmm.
287
00:21:00,227 --> 00:21:01,929
Oh, he just
doesn't understand
288
00:21:01,962 --> 00:21:03,698
how different things are
down there.
289
00:21:03,732 --> 00:21:04,932
Yeah.
290
00:21:04,965 --> 00:21:07,736
Aunty Lizzie said
Bo's been working the fields.
291
00:21:07,769 --> 00:21:09,804
Oh!
292
00:21:09,838 --> 00:21:13,140
I can't imagine
Bo in the hot sun
293
00:21:13,173 --> 00:21:14,975
all day pulling some cotton.
294
00:21:15,008 --> 00:21:16,377
No.
295
00:21:16,410 --> 00:21:19,848
But Aunty Lizzie said I raised
one nice, hardworking boy.
296
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,448
- That's my Bo.
- Yes.
297
00:21:25,886 --> 00:21:28,122
Can't believe
he's been gone a week.
298
00:21:29,123 --> 00:21:31,291
Gene and I wanna take
a trip soon,
299
00:21:31,325 --> 00:21:33,528
but I really wanna go down
to Mississippi
300
00:21:33,561 --> 00:21:35,028
and bring my son home.
301
00:21:35,963 --> 00:21:38,365
If Bo could just
get his feet back
302
00:21:38,399 --> 00:21:41,368
onto the Chicago soil,
he'd be one happy kid.
303
00:21:48,676 --> 00:21:51,145
I... I don't know
why I said that.
304
00:21:55,949 --> 00:21:57,585
Looks like
your little winning streak
305
00:21:57,619 --> 00:21:58,620
is over, Mamie.
306
00:22:03,056 --> 00:22:05,760
Well, look at that.
307
00:22:05,794 --> 00:22:07,194
You wanna play
one more hand?
308
00:22:07,227 --> 00:22:08,028
Sure.
309
00:22:08,061 --> 00:22:09,564
But you deal this time.
310
00:22:09,597 --> 00:22:11,932
Absolutely.
You still gonna lose.
311
00:22:16,003 --> 00:22:18,138
These cards, girl.
312
00:22:19,273 --> 00:22:21,008
A grand jury has declined
313
00:22:21,041 --> 00:22:22,309
to indict the suspect
314
00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:24,579
for the murder of ReverendGeorge Washington Lee,
315
00:22:24,612 --> 00:22:27,916
a Mississippi Negro man killedwhile driving his car.
316
00:22:27,948 --> 00:22:31,385
Lee leadthe Belzoni, Mississippi NAACP
317
00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:34,154
in his efforts to registerhundreds of Negroes
318
00:22:34,188 --> 00:22:35,723
to vote for the first time.
319
00:22:43,297 --> 00:22:45,533
Pappa, you and Mama
ain't asleep?
320
00:22:45,567 --> 00:22:46,467
Mm.
321
00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:48,969
How can we sleep
when y'all ain't home yet?
322
00:22:49,002 --> 00:22:50,905
What'd you boys
get into tonight?
323
00:22:50,939 --> 00:22:52,841
Nothing much, Daddy.
Just taking Bobo around.
324
00:22:52,874 --> 00:22:54,208
Mm.
325
00:22:54,241 --> 00:22:55,844
All right. Night, Ma.
Night, Pa.
326
00:22:55,877 --> 00:22:56,945
- Good night.
- Night night.
327
00:22:56,977 --> 00:22:58,111
Good night.
328
00:23:00,815 --> 00:23:02,015
Bobo!
329
00:23:05,753 --> 00:23:06,987
We leaving early tomorrow
330
00:23:07,020 --> 00:23:09,089
to mail that letter out
to your mama, you hear?
331
00:23:09,858 --> 00:23:12,961
Okay. Good night.
332
00:23:12,993 --> 00:23:14,662
Good night.
333
00:23:14,696 --> 00:23:17,799
That was close.
334
00:23:17,832 --> 00:23:20,467
...after havingregistered dozens of Negroes
335
00:23:20,501 --> 00:23:22,770
to votein the local runoff election.
336
00:23:22,804 --> 00:23:25,038
No charges have been made.
337
00:24:51,893 --> 00:24:53,160
Preacher!
338
00:24:53,928 --> 00:24:55,195
Preacher!
339
00:24:56,296 --> 00:24:57,665
Who is it?
340
00:24:57,699 --> 00:24:58,533
It's Mr. Bryant.
341
00:24:58,566 --> 00:25:00,768
I wanna talk to you
about that boy.
342
00:25:03,303 --> 00:25:04,137
Sir?
343
00:25:04,171 --> 00:25:05,272
I want that boy
344
00:25:05,305 --> 00:25:07,374
who did the talking down
in Money.
345
00:25:08,042 --> 00:25:10,410
Talking, sir? What talking?
346
00:25:10,444 --> 00:25:12,245
Open up this door,
Preacher!
347
00:25:14,549 --> 00:25:15,550
Bobo!
348
00:25:17,150 --> 00:25:19,486
You better open up
this door, Preacher!
349
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,022
Bobo! Wake up!
350
00:25:22,189 --> 00:25:23,992
Leave me alone.
351
00:25:24,025 --> 00:25:25,059
Get up! Someone's come!
352
00:25:25,093 --> 00:25:26,594
You know
who I'm talking about!
353
00:25:26,628 --> 00:25:27,662
So what?
354
00:25:27,695 --> 00:25:29,129
They've come for you!
355
00:25:29,162 --> 00:25:30,531
I don't know.
356
00:25:30,565 --> 00:25:31,633
Who's come?
357
00:25:33,001 --> 00:25:35,036
I don't know what you mean,
Mr. Bryant.
358
00:25:35,069 --> 00:25:37,337
You got that boy
from Chicago.
359
00:25:58,158 --> 00:25:59,727
You that big mouth nigger?
360
00:26:00,695 --> 00:26:01,629
Who are you?
361
00:26:02,462 --> 00:26:03,865
Get your clothes on.
362
00:26:07,635 --> 00:26:10,672
Mr. Bryant,
you ain't got to do this.
363
00:26:10,705 --> 00:26:11,939
He just a young boy.
364
00:26:11,973 --> 00:26:13,273
Better shut them eyes.
365
00:26:13,306 --> 00:26:14,709
- Oh!
- Simmy!
366
00:26:25,620 --> 00:26:28,188
You don't need
no goddamn socks, boy.
367
00:26:30,525 --> 00:26:32,694
I... I don't wear shoes
without socks.
368
00:26:34,796 --> 00:26:36,296
Don't talk back to them!
369
00:26:36,329 --> 00:26:37,832
We just gonna
teach him a lesson.
370
00:26:37,865 --> 00:26:39,033
Stay right here, Simmy!
371
00:26:39,067 --> 00:26:40,168
- Please!
- Move!
372
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,569
- Don't take him!
- Move!
373
00:26:41,602 --> 00:26:44,404
I'll whup him
if he's done something wrong!
374
00:26:44,438 --> 00:26:47,008
We'll give you money.
375
00:26:47,041 --> 00:26:48,142
Watch out.
376
00:26:48,176 --> 00:26:49,376
We don't need no money!
377
00:26:50,111 --> 00:26:51,045
Please!
378
00:26:51,079 --> 00:26:52,914
The boy ain't got good sense.
379
00:26:52,947 --> 00:26:54,247
He's gonna learn!
380
00:26:57,350 --> 00:26:58,720
But, Mr. Bryant!
381
00:27:02,222 --> 00:27:03,524
What'd you say
to my brother?
382
00:27:17,071 --> 00:27:18,271
All right. Get up.
383
00:27:21,509 --> 00:27:22,610
Carolyn!
384
00:27:23,778 --> 00:27:24,946
Is this the right nigger?
385
00:27:30,718 --> 00:27:31,853
That's the one.
386
00:27:32,620 --> 00:27:33,654
All right.
387
00:27:36,057 --> 00:27:37,225
Get off me.
388
00:27:37,257 --> 00:27:38,926
Shut up, boy! Shut up.
389
00:27:41,596 --> 00:27:44,031
All right.
390
00:28:43,157 --> 00:28:44,424
Look at me, boy!
391
00:28:46,426 --> 00:28:47,795
Hold him down!
392
00:28:49,396 --> 00:28:51,464
Watch it, now!
393
00:28:53,433 --> 00:28:54,467
Shut your mouth!
394
00:28:56,469 --> 00:28:58,206
Come on. Get up! Get up!
395
00:28:58,239 --> 00:28:59,273
Hold him up!
396
00:29:48,256 --> 00:29:49,456
Hello?
397
00:29:55,563 --> 00:29:57,698
Get out of the way, Gene!
I gotta get to Money!
398
00:29:57,732 --> 00:29:59,367
Money? Money?
Mamie, what's going on?
399
00:29:59,399 --> 00:30:00,601
They took Bo!
400
00:30:00,635 --> 00:30:01,936
-Who took Bo?
-I...
401
00:30:01,969 --> 00:30:04,038
Preacher told me two men came
and got Bo last night.
402
00:30:04,071 --> 00:30:05,573
I couldn't hear anything else
after that.
403
00:30:05,606 --> 00:30:07,241
-I gotta find Bo!
-Mamie! Mamie! Mamie!
404
00:30:07,275 --> 00:30:10,378
Mamie, let's go inside,
call your mama,
405
00:30:10,410 --> 00:30:12,412
try and get in touch with
Preacher and Aunty Lizzie
406
00:30:12,445 --> 00:30:13,648
for more information, okay?
407
00:30:14,682 --> 00:30:16,651
Come on. Come on.
408
00:30:19,186 --> 00:30:22,123
We give you
all the glory, Lord.
409
00:30:22,156 --> 00:30:23,891
-Glory to God.
-Yes.
410
00:30:23,925 --> 00:30:27,361
Glory to God.
Yes, Lord. Glory to God.
411
00:30:27,395 --> 00:30:29,429
- Yes.
- Mm-hmm.
412
00:30:29,462 --> 00:30:32,033
He's going to bring him
back to you, baby.
413
00:30:33,301 --> 00:30:34,635
Yes, ma'am.
414
00:30:37,204 --> 00:30:38,406
Alma.
415
00:30:38,438 --> 00:30:39,807
Thank you.
416
00:30:42,944 --> 00:30:43,945
Mamie.
417
00:30:45,413 --> 00:30:46,614
Alma.
418
00:30:47,581 --> 00:30:49,116
You weren't going to tell me?
419
00:30:50,518 --> 00:30:52,186
I called your wife.
420
00:30:55,122 --> 00:30:58,960
No matter the differences
between me and your mother,
421
00:30:59,527 --> 00:31:01,195
I'm still your father.
422
00:31:02,430 --> 00:31:03,631
Mamie,
423
00:31:04,932 --> 00:31:07,201
we're gonna find Bo.
424
00:31:07,234 --> 00:31:09,603
- Mm.
- Sit down.
425
00:31:09,637 --> 00:31:12,974
I brought your cousin along
to help us.
426
00:31:13,007 --> 00:31:16,577
Do you remember Rayfield?
Rayfield Mooty.
427
00:31:17,645 --> 00:31:20,681
Came by the house a lot
when you was a kid.
428
00:31:20,715 --> 00:31:23,417
He works with some
powerful Negro people
429
00:31:23,451 --> 00:31:25,219
who can help us find Bo.
430
00:31:26,821 --> 00:31:28,556
It's been a long time, ma'am.
431
00:31:28,589 --> 00:31:30,558
- Nice to see you again.
- Mm.
432
00:31:31,792 --> 00:31:32,793
Mamie.
433
00:31:33,794 --> 00:31:36,764
Oh. I'm sorry.
434
00:31:36,797 --> 00:31:40,067
Thank you for coming,
Mr. Mooty.
435
00:31:40,101 --> 00:31:41,501
I've, uh...
436
00:31:43,137 --> 00:31:47,842
I've been in touch
with Mr. William Huff,
437
00:31:47,875 --> 00:31:51,612
counsel for the NAACP chapter
here in Chicago.
438
00:31:51,645 --> 00:31:54,515
He wants to meet with you
first thing tomorrow morning.
439
00:31:54,548 --> 00:31:57,818
I've included the address
to his office.
440
00:31:58,786 --> 00:31:59,787
Here.
441
00:32:02,690 --> 00:32:04,058
He has political connections
442
00:32:04,091 --> 00:32:05,993
throughout the state
of Mississippi.
443
00:32:06,027 --> 00:32:08,496
And he's in regular contact
with Mayor Daley,
444
00:32:08,562 --> 00:32:11,165
Congressman Dawson,
and Governor Stratton.
445
00:32:12,533 --> 00:32:15,169
I do know the NAACP,
446
00:32:15,202 --> 00:32:18,939
and it sounds like
he knows the right people
447
00:32:18,973 --> 00:32:22,543
who can help me find Bo.
448
00:32:24,513 --> 00:32:26,313
Well, I'll meet you
in Mr. Huff's office
449
00:32:26,347 --> 00:32:28,015
tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m.
450
00:32:30,151 --> 00:32:31,986
- Thanks, Ray.
- Mm-hmm.
451
00:32:32,019 --> 00:32:33,554
I will see you soon.
452
00:32:38,092 --> 00:32:40,127
Hey.
453
00:32:41,996 --> 00:32:44,899
♪ At last the leaderturned around and said ♪
454
00:32:44,932 --> 00:32:47,001
♪ Listen, Pops,you had better stop ♪
455
00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:49,203
♪ Oh, there you go,you did it again ♪
456
00:32:49,236 --> 00:32:52,807
♪ You just beepedwhen you should have bopped ♪
457
00:33:34,415 --> 00:33:35,616
It's on your calendar,
458
00:33:35,649 --> 00:33:37,351
and you have the meeting
right after that.
459
00:33:37,384 --> 00:33:38,752
Morning!
460
00:33:38,786 --> 00:33:40,254
Hi, John.
How are you today?
461
00:33:58,540 --> 00:34:00,641
Mr. Huff,
this is Mrs. Bradley.
462
00:34:00,674 --> 00:34:02,877
Thank you for meeting with us,
Mr. Huff.
463
00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:04,812
- And Mr. Mobley.
- Yes, thank you.
464
00:34:04,845 --> 00:34:07,815
I have great respect
for your cousin.
465
00:34:07,848 --> 00:34:09,884
His work with the
United Steelworkers has helped
466
00:34:09,917 --> 00:34:12,653
to make it one of
the strongest Negro unions.
467
00:34:13,588 --> 00:34:15,789
- I didn't know that.
- Mm-hmm.
468
00:34:20,261 --> 00:34:21,262
Are you employed?
469
00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:24,131
I work for the Air Force.
470
00:34:24,165 --> 00:34:26,133
She's the only Negro woman
in the office.
471
00:34:28,769 --> 00:34:30,204
Mrs. Bradley.
472
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:32,873
You two aren't married?
473
00:34:34,208 --> 00:34:35,242
Um...
474
00:34:35,276 --> 00:34:36,343
No.
475
00:34:36,377 --> 00:34:37,711
Not yet, anyway.
476
00:34:38,547 --> 00:34:39,980
Where's Emmett's father?
477
00:34:42,082 --> 00:34:45,719
Louis Till died overseas
about 10 years ago.
478
00:34:45,753 --> 00:34:47,154
Uh, during the war.
479
00:34:48,489 --> 00:34:50,224
And Mr. Bradley?
480
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,895
You have a lot of questions
for me, Mr. Huff.
481
00:34:54,929 --> 00:34:57,898
And none of them seem to have
anything to do with my son.
482
00:35:04,238 --> 00:35:05,674
I've been briefed
on your case.
483
00:35:05,706 --> 00:35:08,042
Bo is not a case.
484
00:35:11,011 --> 00:35:12,947
I've drafted
two telegrams to send.
485
00:35:12,980 --> 00:35:15,149
One to Governor White
in Mississippi.
486
00:35:15,182 --> 00:35:16,618
The other
to Governor Stratton,
487
00:35:16,651 --> 00:35:18,252
here in Illinois.
488
00:35:18,285 --> 00:35:20,221
It's important they know
about Emmett.
489
00:35:21,222 --> 00:35:23,090
We're currently investigating
the murders
490
00:35:23,123 --> 00:35:25,159
of Lamar Smith
and Reverend Lee.
491
00:35:25,192 --> 00:35:28,095
They did a lot of work getting
Negroes registered to vote.
492
00:35:28,128 --> 00:35:29,698
Because of what happened
to them,
493
00:35:29,730 --> 00:35:31,065
the Negro press in Mississippi
494
00:35:31,098 --> 00:35:33,668
started to write
about Emmett's kidnapping,
495
00:35:33,702 --> 00:35:36,170
but it's not creating
enough pressure needed
496
00:35:36,203 --> 00:35:39,373
to force them
into a state-wide search.
497
00:35:41,275 --> 00:35:42,843
Now, as your counsel,
498
00:35:42,876 --> 00:35:46,514
I'd like to utilize all of
the press here in Chicago.
499
00:35:46,548 --> 00:35:47,716
It's more likely
to get picked up
500
00:35:47,748 --> 00:35:49,584
by other cities that way.
501
00:35:49,618 --> 00:35:51,352
You're gonna have to talk
to reporters,
502
00:35:52,687 --> 00:35:54,188
speak in front of cameras.
503
00:35:54,888 --> 00:35:57,525
So... we like to make sure
504
00:35:57,559 --> 00:36:01,262
that the person who's telling
the story is in public favor.
505
00:36:03,698 --> 00:36:06,133
It's better that I ask you
questions now
506
00:36:06,166 --> 00:36:08,936
than some reporter
finding something later.
507
00:36:13,974 --> 00:36:15,342
The reverend and Mr. Lee,
508
00:36:15,376 --> 00:36:18,245
I heard they were killed
right before Bo got down there.
509
00:36:18,279 --> 00:36:19,514
Mamie...
510
00:36:19,547 --> 00:36:23,284
I know these Citizen Councils
are everywhere in Mississippi.
511
00:36:23,317 --> 00:36:25,419
You think they had a part
in any of it?
512
00:36:28,556 --> 00:36:30,725
When the message
to White people
513
00:36:30,759 --> 00:36:34,428
is to stop Negroes
from voting or advancing,
514
00:36:35,597 --> 00:36:37,532
by any means
short of violence,
515
00:36:38,932 --> 00:36:40,134
it's only a matter of time
516
00:36:40,167 --> 00:36:42,903
before someone doesn't
stop short of it.
517
00:36:44,639 --> 00:36:47,074
Let's just focus
on finding Bo.
518
00:36:52,813 --> 00:36:54,415
Why do you call him "Bo"?
519
00:36:57,951 --> 00:37:00,220
When I was carrying him,
520
00:37:01,623 --> 00:37:03,792
my mama's friend
would bring him gifts
521
00:37:03,824 --> 00:37:06,126
all the time, and say,
522
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,128
"Here's another one
for little Bobo."
523
00:37:09,764 --> 00:37:12,966
After he was born,
it just stuck.
524
00:37:16,837 --> 00:37:19,373
He was a perfect baby.
525
00:37:19,406 --> 00:37:23,377
Born breech, and had
his share of problems, but...
526
00:37:25,979 --> 00:37:29,450
he was a perfect baby.
527
00:37:49,103 --> 00:37:51,138
Hi, we live across the street
528
00:37:51,171 --> 00:37:53,173
and read about
what happened to Emmett.
529
00:37:53,207 --> 00:37:56,377
Everybody in the neighborhood
knows that sweet little boy.
530
00:38:02,249 --> 00:38:03,785
But maybe
somebody will read the paper,
531
00:38:03,818 --> 00:38:05,085
and they'll know Bo's ours.
532
00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:07,454
I don't care
what anyone thinks Bo did
533
00:38:07,488 --> 00:38:09,323
or did not do in that store.
534
00:38:09,356 --> 00:38:12,259
They took my child,
and I need him back.
535
00:38:14,395 --> 00:38:16,363
Hello? Mr. Huff!
536
00:38:17,297 --> 00:38:19,768
Yes, yes, yes. I'll get Mamie.
537
00:38:19,801 --> 00:38:21,368
Sounds like he has good news.
538
00:38:22,804 --> 00:38:24,071
Mr. Huff?
539
00:38:25,038 --> 00:38:26,775
He wrote back?
540
00:38:26,808 --> 00:38:28,643
The governor wants to talk
to Mr. Huff
541
00:38:28,676 --> 00:38:30,210
about what happened to Bo.
542
00:38:30,244 --> 00:38:31,245
Thank you.
543
00:38:31,278 --> 00:38:33,247
Thank you for the update,
Mr. Huff.
544
00:38:34,816 --> 00:38:37,284
Okay. I'll be in touch.
545
00:38:53,868 --> 00:38:55,302
A reporter called me.
546
00:38:58,305 --> 00:39:00,474
He didn't wanna
tell you himself.
547
00:39:06,346 --> 00:39:08,917
Bo's body was found
in a river.
548
00:39:08,949 --> 00:39:11,251
Preacher just identified him
to the sheriff.
549
00:39:11,285 --> 00:39:15,956
He... He recognized the ring
Bo was wearing.
550
00:39:20,427 --> 00:39:22,429
I'm so sorry, Mamie.
551
00:39:24,031 --> 00:39:25,600
He's...
552
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:27,769
He's dead.
553
00:40:16,551 --> 00:40:19,219
This isa breaking news bulletin.
554
00:40:20,020 --> 00:40:21,321
We interrupt this broadcast
555
00:40:21,355 --> 00:40:22,690
to reporta breaking news story.
556
00:40:22,724 --> 00:40:27,127
The body of Emmett Louis Tillhas been found dead
557
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,097
in the Tallahatchie Rivernear Money, Mississippi.
558
00:40:30,130 --> 00:40:32,534
Till, a Negro boyfrom Chicago, was kidnapped
559
00:40:32,567 --> 00:40:35,068
while visiting relativesin Money, Mississippi.
560
00:40:35,102 --> 00:40:36,538
Again, that breaking news.
561
00:40:36,571 --> 00:40:39,339
The body of Emmett Louis Tillhas been found in Mississippi.
562
00:40:39,373 --> 00:40:40,942
We'll have details ahead...
563
00:40:40,975 --> 00:40:42,309
...and J.W. Milam
564
00:40:42,342 --> 00:40:44,244
were already in police custody
565
00:40:44,278 --> 00:40:45,914
after admittingto the kidnapping,
566
00:40:45,947 --> 00:40:48,148
but they now facepossible indictment
567
00:40:48,181 --> 00:40:49,717
for the murder of Till.
568
00:40:49,751 --> 00:40:54,556
We have provedby two or three witnesses
569
00:40:54,589 --> 00:40:57,090
that the body foundin Tallahatchie River
570
00:40:57,124 --> 00:40:58,660
was that of Emmett Till.
571
00:40:58,693 --> 00:41:01,094
We provedthat the body had the ring...
572
00:41:01,128 --> 00:41:02,329
...this lynching
573
00:41:02,362 --> 00:41:04,197
that the state of Mississippihas decided
574
00:41:04,231 --> 00:41:06,133
to maintainthis White supremacy
575
00:41:06,166 --> 00:41:08,636
by murdering children.
576
00:41:10,070 --> 00:41:12,439
Look, it was becausehe was a boy,
577
00:41:12,472 --> 00:41:14,676
that's why they went there.
578
00:41:14,709 --> 00:41:17,912
They had to provethat they were superior.
579
00:41:17,946 --> 00:41:19,413
They had to prove it
580
00:41:19,446 --> 00:41:23,383
by taking awaya 14-year-old boy.
581
00:41:23,417 --> 00:41:24,886
Mamie, you need
to eat something.
582
00:41:24,919 --> 00:41:27,187
The killers of the boyfelt free to lynch him
583
00:41:27,220 --> 00:41:28,388
because there is,
584
00:41:28,422 --> 00:41:29,591
in the entire state...
585
00:41:29,624 --> 00:41:32,660
...no restraining influenceof decency.
586
00:41:33,460 --> 00:41:34,361
Hate.
587
00:41:35,095 --> 00:41:36,664
It's like a virus in the blood
588
00:41:36,698 --> 00:41:38,165
of the Mississippians.
589
00:41:38,198 --> 00:41:39,901
They can't help it.
590
00:41:39,934 --> 00:41:41,401
That was Roy Wilkins...
591
00:41:41,435 --> 00:41:44,338
- ...the executive directorof the NAACP...
592
00:41:44,371 --> 00:41:45,673
You mind
if I speak with Mamie?
593
00:41:45,707 --> 00:41:47,207
...giving hisreaction to the recent killing
594
00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:50,344
of 14-year-old Negro boy,Emmett Till.
595
00:41:50,377 --> 00:41:52,446
Burial preparationsby local sheriffs
596
00:41:52,479 --> 00:41:54,114
have already startedbeing made
597
00:41:54,147 --> 00:41:56,249
in Tallahatchie County,Mississippi,
598
00:41:56,283 --> 00:41:58,151
where Till's body was found.
599
00:41:58,185 --> 00:41:59,252
Mamie?
600
00:41:59,286 --> 00:42:00,153
Negro leaders are calling
601
00:42:00,187 --> 00:42:01,589
on local and federal officials
602
00:42:01,623 --> 00:42:04,859
to investigate the murder,and to indict J.W. Milam...
603
00:42:34,856 --> 00:42:35,823
Uh...
604
00:42:39,927 --> 00:42:43,397
-My sincere condolences...
-Stop.
605
00:42:44,866 --> 00:42:45,867
I can't.
606
00:42:50,470 --> 00:42:52,740
I need Bo's body
sent back here.
607
00:42:54,341 --> 00:42:56,309
I can't have him buried
in Mississippi.
608
00:42:56,343 --> 00:42:58,546
Mississippi won't make
that deal with you.
609
00:42:58,579 --> 00:42:59,580
Then make them.
610
00:43:02,349 --> 00:43:06,020
I'm sure Mr. Huff
can get Mayor Daley
611
00:43:06,054 --> 00:43:07,922
or the governor
to talk to somebody.
612
00:43:10,323 --> 00:43:11,491
Those people in Mississippi
613
00:43:11,526 --> 00:43:13,895
are trying to dump Bo
in the ground
614
00:43:13,928 --> 00:43:15,897
like he's just another body.
615
00:43:15,930 --> 00:43:17,297
He is my baby.
616
00:43:19,399 --> 00:43:20,802
I need to see him.
617
00:43:29,209 --> 00:43:30,712
I'll speak with Mr. Huff.
618
00:43:30,745 --> 00:43:31,713
Thank you.
619
00:43:42,422 --> 00:43:44,357
You know...
620
00:43:46,493 --> 00:43:49,296
Mamie, you have the public's
attention right now.
621
00:43:52,133 --> 00:43:53,400
And, uh,
622
00:43:54,669 --> 00:43:57,171
it would be in
a politician's best interest
623
00:43:57,205 --> 00:43:59,272
to help you
during an election year.
624
00:44:02,309 --> 00:44:04,645
There's an opportunity in that.
625
00:44:10,952 --> 00:44:12,987
Uh...
626
00:44:13,020 --> 00:44:17,959
Some organizers and executive
members of the NAACP
627
00:44:17,992 --> 00:44:20,828
have been speaking
with the justice department
628
00:44:20,862 --> 00:44:22,196
about creating legislation
629
00:44:22,230 --> 00:44:24,766
that would make lynching
a federal crime.
630
00:44:27,535 --> 00:44:30,571
What happened to Reverend Lee
was a lynching.
631
00:44:31,471 --> 00:44:34,307
Lamar Smith. A lynching.
632
00:44:36,944 --> 00:44:37,845
-Emmett...
-I...
633
00:44:39,279 --> 00:44:41,481
uh...
634
00:44:42,250 --> 00:44:45,820
We have an opportunity
635
00:44:45,853 --> 00:44:50,323
to use this moment to help us
pass this legislation.
636
00:44:50,357 --> 00:44:52,894
Might even help you get
an indictment.
637
00:44:52,927 --> 00:44:54,162
Maybe even a conviction.
638
00:44:54,195 --> 00:44:57,632
I can't think about that
right now.
639
00:44:57,665 --> 00:45:00,935
I just need Bo's body
sent back here.
640
00:45:00,968 --> 00:45:04,705
Well, the public's paying
attention right now, Mamie.
641
00:45:05,973 --> 00:45:08,308
See, this doesn't just have
to be about Emmett.
642
00:45:08,341 --> 00:45:11,012
Mr. Mooty, my son is dead!
643
00:45:26,426 --> 00:45:30,064
Make sure
Mr. Huff handles this today.
644
00:45:36,336 --> 00:45:37,672
Yes, ma'am.
645
00:46:28,656 --> 00:46:32,960
Rayfield's ready to
take us to the train station.
646
00:46:37,765 --> 00:46:41,202
I, uh, got you a wheelchair.
647
00:46:41,235 --> 00:46:42,703
You know, just in case.
648
00:46:44,038 --> 00:46:45,606
I don't want you falling down.
649
00:46:52,613 --> 00:46:54,048
Preacher called again.
650
00:46:54,081 --> 00:46:57,718
He keeps trying
to apologize to you, Mamie.
651
00:47:01,622 --> 00:47:02,890
Aunty Lizzie's coming up here.
652
00:47:02,924 --> 00:47:06,060
He has to stay behind
to finish working the fields
653
00:47:06,093 --> 00:47:08,029
and talk to the prosecutor.
654
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:21,142
I keep asking myself...
655
00:47:24,679 --> 00:47:26,514
"Why is this happening?
656
00:47:30,885 --> 00:47:33,654
"Why did he take my child
from me?
657
00:47:40,761 --> 00:47:43,064
"What am I
supposed to do now?"
658
00:47:52,740 --> 00:47:55,609
Yeah. I have to say goodbye
to Mama.
659
00:48:09,156 --> 00:48:10,157
Mama.
660
00:48:35,416 --> 00:48:37,585
I'm the one who told him
to go down there.
661
00:48:40,588 --> 00:48:42,823
I wanted him to go down there.
662
00:48:48,095 --> 00:48:49,764
I told him to go down.
663
00:48:52,967 --> 00:48:55,669
I told him to go down there.
664
00:49:43,184 --> 00:49:45,653
All right. Get that.
665
00:50:09,578 --> 00:50:11,212
Oh, my God!
666
00:50:12,514 --> 00:50:14,815
My boy!
667
00:50:14,849 --> 00:50:18,652
My boy! My only child!
668
00:50:18,686 --> 00:50:21,021
My only boy!
669
00:50:23,090 --> 00:50:27,194
Oh, my Lord!
Get him out of that box!
670
00:50:28,563 --> 00:50:31,566
Get him out of the box!
671
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:35,002
Get him out of the box!
He can't breathe!
672
00:50:36,303 --> 00:50:39,073
He can't breathe. My Lord!
673
00:50:41,175 --> 00:50:44,145
Oh, Lord, have mercy!
674
00:50:45,179 --> 00:50:46,515
Help me!
675
00:50:48,617 --> 00:50:51,418
Oh, my God!
676
00:50:53,387 --> 00:50:56,757
Oh, Lord, have mercy!
677
00:50:57,526 --> 00:51:00,661
Show me
what you want me to do.
678
00:51:00,694 --> 00:51:03,831
Oh, Lord, show me
what you want me to do
679
00:51:03,864 --> 00:51:06,500
and make me able to do it!
680
00:51:06,535 --> 00:51:08,335
My Lord!
681
00:51:19,614 --> 00:51:20,981
I need to prepare you.
682
00:51:26,220 --> 00:51:27,721
Remove the sheet.
683
00:51:37,464 --> 00:51:40,701
Oh, God.
684
00:51:53,881 --> 00:51:56,317
Everyone, leave us.
685
00:55:19,353 --> 00:55:20,722
How long
will it take you
686
00:55:20,755 --> 00:55:22,489
to turn the body over to us?
687
00:55:22,524 --> 00:55:23,758
Figure out the next step.
688
00:55:23,792 --> 00:55:25,359
Talk to the church.
689
00:55:25,392 --> 00:55:29,029
Gene, can you go back
to my place
690
00:55:29,062 --> 00:55:31,365
and bring back
Emmett's black suit?
691
00:55:31,398 --> 00:55:33,967
The one he wore
last Christmas.
692
00:55:34,001 --> 00:55:35,870
Mama can tell you
exactly where it is.
693
00:55:35,904 --> 00:55:37,806
And make sure
to get my black dress
694
00:55:37,839 --> 00:55:39,541
that Bo would approve of.
695
00:55:39,574 --> 00:55:41,275
And his matching tie.
696
00:55:43,043 --> 00:55:44,913
Emmett loved this suit.
697
00:55:44,945 --> 00:55:46,581
It's how he'd like to be seen.
698
00:55:48,348 --> 00:55:49,349
Seen?
699
00:55:50,685 --> 00:55:53,987
Mamie, Bo's in no kind of
shape to be seen by anybody.
700
00:55:54,021 --> 00:55:57,090
No, he's in just
the right shape.
701
00:55:57,124 --> 00:56:01,295
The whole world has to see
what happened to my son.
702
00:56:01,328 --> 00:56:04,899
Mrs. Bradley, can I
at least fix him up a bit?
703
00:56:04,933 --> 00:56:05,999
Just to make him more...
704
00:56:06,033 --> 00:56:08,368
No one's going to believe
what I just saw.
705
00:56:08,670 --> 00:56:09,503
No.
706
00:56:09,537 --> 00:56:12,339
They have to see it
for themselves.
707
00:56:40,367 --> 00:56:42,035
Ms. Bradley,
what would you like to say
708
00:56:42,069 --> 00:56:43,103
to the men who did this?
709
00:56:43,136 --> 00:56:44,706
What's that smell?
710
00:56:46,708 --> 00:56:50,512
That smell is my son's body.
711
00:56:50,545 --> 00:56:54,549
He came home to me
reeking of racial hatred.
712
00:56:54,582 --> 00:56:56,518
His face was bludgeoned.
713
00:56:56,551 --> 00:56:58,620
His teeth are gone.
714
00:56:58,653 --> 00:57:00,120
He was shot in the head.
715
00:57:00,989 --> 00:57:04,692
And now I want America
to bear witness.
716
00:57:08,763 --> 00:57:10,163
Come with me, please.
717
00:57:11,966 --> 00:57:13,001
Right here, Ms. Bradley.
718
00:57:13,033 --> 00:57:14,401
Ms. Bradley, right here.
719
00:57:14,434 --> 00:57:15,703
Do you have a
message for the perpetrators?
720
00:57:15,737 --> 00:57:17,739
Will there be
a service, Ms. Bradley?
721
00:57:20,975 --> 00:57:23,511
Gene, please come be with me.
722
00:57:54,642 --> 00:57:56,611
News ofan open-casket funeral
723
00:57:56,644 --> 00:57:59,246
for the slain14-year-old Emmett Till
724
00:57:59,279 --> 00:58:01,148
has spreadthroughout the country.
725
00:58:01,181 --> 00:58:03,417
Many people were in shockover the brutal slaying
726
00:58:03,450 --> 00:58:05,118
and couldn't believesomething like this
727
00:58:05,152 --> 00:58:06,721
could happen to a child.
728
00:58:06,754 --> 00:58:08,990
My heart goes outto her. I'm a mother too.
729
00:58:09,023 --> 00:58:10,457
It could be any one of us.
730
00:58:10,490 --> 00:58:13,027
The right thing is toshow America, and the world,
731
00:58:13,061 --> 00:58:14,161
exactly what happened.
732
00:58:14,194 --> 00:58:15,495
We knowthe boy was killed,
733
00:58:15,530 --> 00:58:17,699
but you're making a freak showof his death.
734
00:58:17,732 --> 00:58:19,000
I think she brave.
735
00:58:19,033 --> 00:58:20,334
Can't we just grievein peace?
736
00:58:20,367 --> 00:58:22,169
This stuff ain'tgonna stop till we see it.
737
00:58:22,202 --> 00:58:23,571
I support her.
738
00:58:23,605 --> 00:58:26,040
It is myopinion that the guilt begins
739
00:58:26,074 --> 00:58:27,542
with Mrs. Bryant...
740
00:58:27,575 --> 00:58:29,978
...and I wanna seeMrs. Bryant punished,
741
00:58:30,011 --> 00:58:31,512
those two men punished,
742
00:58:31,546 --> 00:58:34,716
and any other personswho were in on this thing.
743
00:58:34,749 --> 00:58:35,717
The pressure should start
744
00:58:35,750 --> 00:58:37,952
from the presidentof the United States,
745
00:58:37,986 --> 00:58:39,721
all the way downto the township
746
00:58:39,754 --> 00:58:41,355
of Money, Mississippi.
747
00:58:41,388 --> 00:58:43,390
I won't restuntil that happens,
748
00:58:43,423 --> 00:58:46,661
even if I have to goto Money, Mississippi myself.
749
00:58:46,694 --> 00:58:48,029
Do you have any evidence
750
00:58:48,062 --> 00:58:49,262
bearing on this case?
751
00:58:49,296 --> 00:58:52,165
I do knowthat this is my son.
752
00:59:26,366 --> 00:59:28,870
You're not just my Bo anymore.
753
00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:34,307
Mamie...
754
00:59:37,679 --> 00:59:39,346
Aunty Lizzie.
755
00:59:42,617 --> 00:59:46,120
Simmy and Maurice stayed back
with their daddy.
756
00:59:46,154 --> 00:59:48,288
It was probably too much.
757
00:59:51,659 --> 00:59:52,827
I'm so sorry.
758
00:59:55,395 --> 00:59:59,332
When those men came, I tried.
759
01:00:01,069 --> 01:00:03,503
We all tried.
760
01:00:05,139 --> 01:00:06,674
I ain't going back, Mamie.
761
01:00:07,240 --> 01:00:09,544
I packed my stuff up,
762
01:00:09,577 --> 01:00:11,612
and I'm staying here for good.
763
01:00:12,513 --> 01:00:14,347
Preacher and the boys
will join me.
764
01:00:17,919 --> 01:00:19,286
I can't look, Mamie.
765
01:00:27,662 --> 01:00:28,663
We have to.
766
01:01:13,306 --> 01:01:17,477
♪ When peace like a river ♪
767
01:01:17,512 --> 01:01:19,312
I'm sorry, Ms. Mamie.
768
01:01:21,215 --> 01:01:25,686
♪ Attendeth my way ♪
769
01:01:25,720 --> 01:01:28,222
Bo... Bo.
770
01:01:28,256 --> 01:01:35,029
♪ When sorrows like sea ♪
771
01:01:35,062 --> 01:01:40,400
♪ Billows roll ♪
772
01:01:40,433 --> 01:01:47,074
♪ Whatever my lot ♪
773
01:01:48,109 --> 01:01:54,582
♪ Thou hast taught me to say ♪
774
01:01:55,415 --> 01:01:59,253
♪ It is well ♪
775
01:01:59,287 --> 01:02:03,558
♪ It is well ♪
776
01:02:03,591 --> 01:02:09,063
♪ With my soul ♪
777
01:02:11,299 --> 01:02:15,102
♪ It is well ♪
778
01:02:15,136 --> 01:02:19,941
♪ It is well ♪
779
01:02:19,974 --> 01:02:23,945
♪ With my soul ♪
780
01:02:23,978 --> 01:02:28,249
♪ With my soul ♪
781
01:02:28,282 --> 01:02:32,854
♪ It is well ♪
782
01:02:32,887 --> 01:02:37,390
♪ It is well ♪
783
01:02:37,424 --> 01:02:44,497
♪ With my soul ♪
784
01:02:45,132 --> 01:02:49,036
It is well
785
01:02:49,070 --> 01:02:53,406
It is well
786
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:57,345
With my soul
787
01:02:57,377 --> 01:03:02,049
With my soul
788
01:03:02,083 --> 01:03:06,787
It is well
789
01:03:06,821 --> 01:03:11,391
It is well
790
01:03:11,424 --> 01:03:18,566
With my soul
791
01:03:27,208 --> 01:03:29,442
My child is dead,
792
01:03:30,477 --> 01:03:32,613
and she is going to be fine.
793
01:03:35,216 --> 01:03:39,419
Carolyn Bryant
is going to be fine.
794
01:03:46,727 --> 01:03:48,362
You know,
to get a murder indictment
795
01:03:48,396 --> 01:03:51,132
on two White men
in Mississippi is not easy.
796
01:03:55,536 --> 01:03:58,973
You did that, Mamie.
797
01:04:03,878 --> 01:04:04,879
Now...
798
01:04:08,582 --> 01:04:10,151
Their defense...
799
01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:14,188
is going to try
to create doubt
800
01:04:14,221 --> 01:04:16,357
about the body being Emmett's.
801
01:04:16,390 --> 01:04:18,592
There's no body,
there's no murder conviction,
802
01:04:18,626 --> 01:04:22,163
and Bryant and Milam will only
face kidnapping charges.
803
01:04:27,735 --> 01:04:30,004
You know your child
better than anyone.
804
01:04:33,240 --> 01:04:35,076
You saw the body soon after.
805
01:04:37,912 --> 01:04:42,283
There is no testimony
like a mother's.
806
01:05:20,488 --> 01:05:21,956
Aren't we going
to your mama's tonight?
807
01:05:25,526 --> 01:05:27,728
I need to go to Mississippi
for the trial.
808
01:05:29,230 --> 01:05:32,666
I can testify that it was
Bo's body found in the river.
809
01:05:46,180 --> 01:05:47,148
When do you want us to go?
810
01:05:50,551 --> 01:05:52,486
Gene, I have to go without you.
811
01:05:52,521 --> 01:05:55,222
-What?
-Mr. Mooty has arranged for me
to meet some people
812
01:05:55,256 --> 01:05:56,624
-down there.
-If you're going
to Mississippi,
813
01:05:56,657 --> 01:05:57,958
-I'm going with you.
-Mr. Huff and Mr. Mooty
814
01:05:57,992 --> 01:05:59,326
don't think that's a good idea,
815
01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:01,195
-and I agree with them.
-I don't care what they think!
816
01:06:03,497 --> 01:06:04,533
They keep telling us
817
01:06:04,565 --> 01:06:05,866
what to do
and who you can talk to.
818
01:06:05,900 --> 01:06:08,602
And I go along with it
because I lost Bo too.
819
01:06:10,671 --> 01:06:12,073
I would do anything for him.
820
01:06:17,611 --> 01:06:18,746
You tell me, Mamie.
821
01:06:19,680 --> 01:06:22,183
How is risking your life
gonna help Bo?
822
01:06:32,159 --> 01:06:34,829
This is what they're writing
about me down there.
823
01:06:34,862 --> 01:06:37,198
They're making me out to be
some kind of jezebel.
824
01:06:37,231 --> 01:06:38,666
Two reporters called to ask
825
01:06:38,699 --> 01:06:41,035
about my ex-husbands
and about you.
826
01:06:42,169 --> 01:06:43,771
Mr. Huff was right.
827
01:06:43,804 --> 01:06:45,873
I'm on trial like the people
who killed Bo.
828
01:06:45,906 --> 01:06:48,809
Jurors will be watching me,
and reading these stories
829
01:06:48,843 --> 01:06:51,612
when they decide if the men
who murdered my son go free.
830
01:06:51,645 --> 01:06:54,014
I have to protect my image
831
01:06:55,116 --> 01:06:57,284
if it can help get justice
for Bo.
832
01:07:00,955 --> 01:07:03,057
I should be going with you,
Mamie.
833
01:07:03,090 --> 01:07:06,660
I need you to be there for me
in a different way right now.
834
01:07:11,566 --> 01:07:12,800
You're not gonna change
your mind?
835
01:07:15,302 --> 01:07:16,170
You know me well enough
836
01:07:16,203 --> 01:07:18,272
to answer that question
for yourself.
837
01:07:44,198 --> 01:07:46,500
Not sincethe Tallahatchie River flooded
838
01:07:46,535 --> 01:07:47,968
some 20 or 30 years ago
839
01:07:48,002 --> 01:07:52,039
that the townspeople had moreto talk about than this trial.
840
01:07:52,072 --> 01:07:56,076
I can't understandhow a civilized mother
841
01:07:56,110 --> 01:08:01,048
could put a dead body ofher child on public display!
842
01:08:01,081 --> 01:08:05,419
I think that this isa result of the NAACP
843
01:08:05,452 --> 01:08:07,054
trying to makesomething big...
844
01:08:07,087 --> 01:08:08,989
...out of just an ordinary
845
01:08:09,023 --> 01:08:11,358
criminal affairin Mississippi.
846
01:08:21,368 --> 01:08:22,403
You're not going.
847
01:08:23,370 --> 01:08:25,105
Mamie, it's too dangerous
848
01:08:25,139 --> 01:08:27,107
for you to go down
to Mississippi right now.
849
01:08:28,008 --> 01:08:30,044
I heard the sheriffs
are passing along
850
01:08:30,077 --> 01:08:32,079
Negro license plate numbers
to the Klan members.
851
01:08:32,112 --> 01:08:34,815
Mr. Huff and Mr. Mooty
already have plans
852
01:08:34,848 --> 01:08:36,518
for me to safely travel.
853
01:08:36,551 --> 01:08:38,452
I'll fly to Memphis first.
854
01:08:38,485 --> 01:08:40,689
And then,
some people from the NAACP
855
01:08:40,721 --> 01:08:42,356
are going to drive me
to Clarksdale.
856
01:08:42,389 --> 01:08:45,059
And then, their field
secretary will pick me up
857
01:08:45,092 --> 01:08:47,094
and drive me
to someone's house
858
01:08:47,127 --> 01:08:48,762
in a place called Mound Bayou.
859
01:08:48,796 --> 01:08:50,731
You want to go alone?
860
01:08:50,764 --> 01:08:53,635
I'm trying to be strong
for Bo.
861
01:08:53,668 --> 01:08:55,502
What are you gonna do
down there?
862
01:08:56,538 --> 01:08:58,172
Something you can't.
863
01:09:04,245 --> 01:09:07,915
If my testimony can help
in any way,
864
01:09:08,550 --> 01:09:09,783
I have to go.
865
01:09:10,818 --> 01:09:13,387
I have to be there
for my child.
866
01:09:15,590 --> 01:09:17,324
And what about my child?
867
01:09:25,499 --> 01:09:26,767
I'm goin' with ya.
868
01:09:29,069 --> 01:09:31,305
I know this is not
what we agreed on,
869
01:09:31,338 --> 01:09:33,807
but it's better for me
to go down there with her
870
01:09:33,841 --> 01:09:35,442
than for her
to be there alone.
871
01:09:40,981 --> 01:09:43,951
You don't have to worry.
I'mma be there with you.
872
01:09:45,152 --> 01:09:46,153
I promise.
873
01:09:47,855 --> 01:09:50,558
I don't only need you
when I'm broken, Daddy.
874
01:09:58,465 --> 01:10:01,135
I am goin' with you.
875
01:10:03,470 --> 01:10:04,471
Thank you.
876
01:10:06,907 --> 01:10:09,176
Mama,
I know you don't agree...
877
01:10:09,209 --> 01:10:10,210
No.
878
01:10:13,515 --> 01:10:15,082
But I know you have to do it.
879
01:10:37,938 --> 01:10:41,308
♪ One a-these mornings ♪
880
01:10:42,811 --> 01:10:45,979
♪ Soon one morning ♪
881
01:10:48,282 --> 01:10:52,920
♪ I'm gonna lay down my cross ♪
882
01:10:52,953 --> 01:10:55,055
♪ Get me a crown ♪
883
01:10:55,089 --> 01:10:57,925
Mound Bayou has beenhere for over 70 years.
884
01:10:59,126 --> 01:11:00,928
It's a all-Negro town.
885
01:11:02,396 --> 01:11:05,933
We run all our own businesses
and all our own schools.
886
01:11:07,067 --> 01:11:08,603
All the Negroes
attending the trial
887
01:11:08,636 --> 01:11:10,605
will be staying here.
888
01:11:10,638 --> 01:11:12,172
This is the safest place
for 'em.
889
01:11:14,709 --> 01:11:16,243
Dr. Howard
created the Regional Council
890
01:11:16,276 --> 01:11:18,580
for Negro Leadership
here in Mound Bayou.
891
01:11:18,613 --> 01:11:22,015
He's also the chief surgeon
at the Taborian Hospital.
892
01:11:22,049 --> 01:11:23,417
He built
a lot of businesses here,
893
01:11:23,450 --> 01:11:26,053
including a really successful
life insurance company.
894
01:11:26,721 --> 01:11:28,656
That's how I met him.
895
01:11:28,690 --> 01:11:30,357
He gave me my first job.
896
01:11:31,559 --> 01:11:36,330
♪ Going home one dayand tell my story ♪
897
01:11:36,363 --> 01:11:41,301
♪ I've been coming over hillsand mountain ♪
898
01:11:41,335 --> 01:11:45,807
♪ Gonna drink fromthe Christian fountain ♪
899
01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:51,345
♪ Your know all of God's sonsand daughters that morning ♪
900
01:11:51,378 --> 01:11:55,182
♪ Will drink thatole healing water ♪
901
01:11:55,215 --> 01:11:57,451
♪ And we gonna live... ♪
902
01:12:02,055 --> 01:12:04,826
Thank you
for driving us, Mr. Evers.
903
01:12:04,859 --> 01:12:07,227
Please, ma'am, call me Medgar.
904
01:12:09,463 --> 01:12:10,565
Mrs. Bradley?
905
01:12:12,232 --> 01:12:15,202
Those pictures of your son
in the magazine...
906
01:12:17,672 --> 01:12:19,039
changed people's lives.
907
01:12:20,809 --> 01:12:24,144
My wife,
she's here with our son.
908
01:12:25,946 --> 01:12:27,147
And we're both helping
with some of
909
01:12:27,181 --> 01:12:29,149
the investigation work
for the trial.
910
01:12:30,951 --> 01:12:32,252
Now, I promise you...
911
01:12:34,321 --> 01:12:35,557
we are doing everything we can
912
01:12:35,590 --> 01:12:37,725
to get some sort of justice
for Emmett Till.
913
01:12:52,072 --> 01:12:55,075
We call Dr. Howard's house
"The Black Command Center."
914
01:12:55,108 --> 01:12:56,778
Reporters
from all the colored press
915
01:12:56,811 --> 01:12:58,546
work out of here
during the trial.
916
01:12:58,580 --> 01:12:59,514
They also help with some of
917
01:12:59,547 --> 01:13:01,148
the investigation work
for the trial.
918
01:13:01,181 --> 01:13:03,885
And what kind of investigation
y'all are gonna be doing?
919
01:13:03,918 --> 01:13:05,018
We're looking
for witnesses
920
01:13:05,052 --> 01:13:06,855
who'll be brave enough
to come to trial.
921
01:13:10,057 --> 01:13:12,861
- Right here.
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
922
01:13:12,894 --> 01:13:14,261
This here is,
uh, Ms. Murdock.
923
01:13:14,294 --> 01:13:16,230
Ms. Bradley.
924
01:13:16,263 --> 01:13:18,065
Ms. Turner. Mr. Booker.
925
01:13:18,098 --> 01:13:20,167
Pleased to meet you, ma'am.
926
01:13:20,200 --> 01:13:21,903
This here
is my son, Darrell.
927
01:13:21,936 --> 01:13:23,437
And my wife, Myrlie.
928
01:13:23,470 --> 01:13:26,240
It's an honor to meet you,
Mrs. Bradley.
929
01:13:26,741 --> 01:13:27,675
Mr. Carthan.
930
01:13:29,677 --> 01:13:30,645
Hey, you don't mind?
931
01:13:31,311 --> 01:13:33,480
Over here is Amzie Moore.
932
01:13:33,515 --> 01:13:34,516
He's the president
933
01:13:34,549 --> 01:13:36,985
of the Regional Council
for Negro Leadership.
934
01:13:37,017 --> 01:13:39,954
And I am Dr. Theodore Howard.
935
01:13:39,988 --> 01:13:43,525
Welcome to Mound Bayou,
Mrs. Bradley.
936
01:13:44,993 --> 01:13:47,227
- Mr. Carthan.
- Sir.
937
01:13:47,261 --> 01:13:51,298
Let me just say that
we are so...
938
01:13:52,466 --> 01:13:55,068
honored to have you
here with us.
939
01:13:55,970 --> 01:13:57,005
Thank you.
940
01:13:57,037 --> 01:13:58,238
Thank you.
941
01:13:59,807 --> 01:14:02,042
Now, what are you drinking?
942
01:14:05,345 --> 01:14:06,748
Not a lot of people
would use
943
01:14:06,781 --> 01:14:08,616
their money the way you do.
944
01:14:08,650 --> 01:14:10,518
Well, we need money
945
01:14:10,552 --> 01:14:13,287
for the freedom fight
that we're in now.
946
01:14:14,656 --> 01:14:15,757
We need money...
947
01:14:17,057 --> 01:14:20,093
to protect Negroes who are...
948
01:14:20,828 --> 01:14:22,262
simply trying to exercise
949
01:14:22,296 --> 01:14:24,197
their constitutional right
to vote,
950
01:14:24,231 --> 01:14:27,035
to speak at trial.
951
01:14:30,370 --> 01:14:33,140
I had a really good life
in Chicago
952
01:14:33,173 --> 01:14:34,776
before they took Bo from me.
953
01:14:37,311 --> 01:14:38,846
I never thought much
about the world
954
01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:40,748
outside of just me and Bo,
955
01:14:41,983 --> 01:14:44,184
my job, my family, my friends.
956
01:14:48,422 --> 01:14:50,290
Mrs. Bradley,
have you thought about, um,
957
01:14:50,324 --> 01:14:52,092
what you're going to do
after the trial?
958
01:14:53,728 --> 01:14:55,262
After the trial?
959
01:14:55,295 --> 01:14:57,031
I'm sure you've considered
960
01:14:57,065 --> 01:14:59,299
continuing your work
with the NAACP.
961
01:14:59,333 --> 01:15:02,269
Or with our Regional Council,
right here.
962
01:15:02,302 --> 01:15:06,774
Your story... speaks
to the urgency of Negro rights
963
01:15:06,808 --> 01:15:10,745
more than anything
this country has ever heard.
964
01:15:10,778 --> 01:15:12,179
I've been sharing my story
965
01:15:12,212 --> 01:15:16,651
because I want those two men
to pay for what they did.
966
01:15:16,684 --> 01:15:18,385
And I do too.
967
01:15:18,418 --> 01:15:22,023
But I do not believe
that justice will be rendered
968
01:15:22,056 --> 01:15:25,693
by 12 jurors
who look exactly like
969
01:15:25,727 --> 01:15:29,463
the two so-called men
who are on trial.
970
01:15:32,934 --> 01:15:36,269
And our fight, and your story,
971
01:15:37,705 --> 01:15:43,611
must continue and will not end
with one single verdict.
972
01:15:48,816 --> 01:15:50,852
Mrs. Bradley.
973
01:17:05,159 --> 01:17:06,527
That's the mother!
974
01:17:07,227 --> 01:17:08,629
Come on, get out the way.
975
01:17:08,663 --> 01:17:10,765
Mrs. Bradley,
why are you here?
976
01:17:10,798 --> 01:17:12,399
- Ms. Bradley.
- Ms. Bradley!
977
01:17:12,432 --> 01:17:13,768
Come on,
say something!
978
01:17:13,801 --> 01:17:15,368
- Will you testify?
- Come on!
979
01:17:15,402 --> 01:17:16,604
- You gotta give us something.
- Mrs. Bradley.
980
01:17:16,637 --> 01:17:17,872
Mamie?
981
01:17:17,905 --> 01:17:18,840
It's all right, Daddy.
982
01:17:21,676 --> 01:17:23,511
I am here to confirm...
983
01:17:27,014 --> 01:17:29,584
What's wrong with you?
984
01:17:30,317 --> 01:17:31,786
Let's get inside.
Come on.
985
01:17:44,632 --> 01:17:45,633
No.
986
01:17:59,847 --> 01:18:01,281
How dare you?
987
01:18:06,319 --> 01:18:07,588
It's all right, Mamie.
988
01:18:18,533 --> 01:18:19,534
Go on!
989
01:18:39,253 --> 01:18:40,453
Amzie.
990
01:18:44,391 --> 01:18:47,128
Mrs. Bradley, I'd like you
to meet Ruby Hurley.
991
01:18:47,161 --> 01:18:48,629
She's also a part of our team.
992
01:18:48,663 --> 01:18:51,199
It's truly an honor
to meet you, Mrs. Bradley.
993
01:18:51,232 --> 01:18:53,466
Thank you.
994
01:18:53,500 --> 01:18:54,869
Thank you,
it's a pleasure to meet you.
995
01:18:54,902 --> 01:18:55,903
My pleasure.
996
01:18:55,937 --> 01:18:57,305
- We'll be with you, ma'am.
- Thank you.
997
01:18:57,337 --> 01:18:58,505
- Right this way.
- Thank you.
998
01:18:58,539 --> 01:19:00,440
- Thank you.
- You're welcome, of course.
999
01:19:03,945 --> 01:19:04,879
Hello, niggers!
1000
01:19:06,180 --> 01:19:08,216
I got about eight seats
down there
1001
01:19:08,249 --> 01:19:10,084
for you
and your nigger reporters.
1002
01:19:10,885 --> 01:19:12,019
Rest of you can stand.
1003
01:19:13,020 --> 01:19:13,955
You Mamie?
1004
01:19:16,924 --> 01:19:18,125
What's this?
1005
01:19:18,159 --> 01:19:20,493
That's a damn summons.
1006
01:19:20,528 --> 01:19:23,130
I thought you uppity niggers
could read.
1007
01:19:23,164 --> 01:19:25,933
Mamie?
Don't let him get to you.
1008
01:19:25,967 --> 01:19:26,934
Come on, now.
1009
01:19:27,969 --> 01:19:29,670
Ah, there's James Hicks.
1010
01:19:29,704 --> 01:19:31,873
We can go and sit with him
and the other reporters.
1011
01:19:32,974 --> 01:19:35,042
Have you spoke
with the prosecution team?
1012
01:19:35,076 --> 01:19:37,278
Only once before,
on the phone.
1013
01:19:37,311 --> 01:19:38,679
It was brief.
1014
01:19:38,713 --> 01:19:41,315
Hopefully, this won't take
too long. Get together later.
1015
01:19:41,349 --> 01:19:43,217
- Mr. Smith.
- Yes.
1016
01:19:43,251 --> 01:19:44,886
Mrs. Bradley.
1017
01:19:44,919 --> 01:19:45,853
Mamie.
1018
01:19:51,259 --> 01:19:52,526
- Hmm.
- Come on.
1019
01:19:55,062 --> 01:19:56,764
All rise!
1020
01:19:56,797 --> 01:20:00,635
The Honorable Judge
Curtis Swango presiding.
1021
01:20:03,137 --> 01:20:04,171
Please be seated.
1022
01:20:08,142 --> 01:20:09,476
There will be
no pictures taken
1023
01:20:09,510 --> 01:20:11,579
during court proceedings.
1024
01:20:11,612 --> 01:20:16,717
Bailiff, have the jurors
come in and take a seat.
1025
01:20:16,751 --> 01:20:21,454
Also, get me a Coke sometime.
All right?
1026
01:20:39,340 --> 01:20:41,309
Your Honor,
the State has just learned
1027
01:20:41,342 --> 01:20:43,476
of the existence
of another witness
1028
01:20:43,511 --> 01:20:45,478
to the murder of Emmett Till.
1029
01:20:45,513 --> 01:20:47,381
The State requests a recess
1030
01:20:47,415 --> 01:20:49,183
in order to gather
the witness.
1031
01:20:50,584 --> 01:20:51,919
Objection, Your Honor!
1032
01:20:51,953 --> 01:20:55,156
Your Honor, this will only
delay proceedings. Come on.
1033
01:20:55,189 --> 01:20:56,924
Hmm.
1034
01:20:56,958 --> 01:20:58,225
Objection overruled.
1035
01:20:58,259 --> 01:21:00,895
It seems like
a reasonable request.
1036
01:21:01,696 --> 01:21:03,496
Thank you, Your Honor.
1037
01:21:03,531 --> 01:21:05,066
I'll give you
till tomorrow morning
1038
01:21:05,099 --> 01:21:07,234
to find your witness.
1039
01:21:11,739 --> 01:21:13,841
The court will have a recess.
1040
01:21:13,874 --> 01:21:17,411
We will resume at 9:00 a.m.
tomorrow morning.
1041
01:21:19,146 --> 01:21:20,548
Court dismissed!
1042
01:21:27,989 --> 01:21:30,992
Medgar,
take me to Money.
1043
01:21:33,427 --> 01:21:35,863
All right. Okay.
1044
01:22:28,883 --> 01:22:30,751
That's where
it happened?
1045
01:22:33,087 --> 01:22:34,121
Yes, ma'am.
1046
01:22:35,756 --> 01:22:39,126
The shop's been closed
since the day of the arrest.
1047
01:22:43,397 --> 01:22:45,066
Most of the patrons
were Negroes.
1048
01:25:37,771 --> 01:25:40,474
Your mama tells me
you're all moving up north
1049
01:25:40,507 --> 01:25:41,408
after the trial.
1050
01:25:43,077 --> 01:25:45,379
Daddy says
it's not gonna be safe.
1051
01:25:53,821 --> 01:25:55,356
Thank you.
1052
01:26:03,497 --> 01:26:04,832
We're sorry, ma'am.
1053
01:26:10,271 --> 01:26:11,205
We're so sorry.
1054
01:26:16,176 --> 01:26:19,046
You all didn't know
this was going to happen.
1055
01:26:21,815 --> 01:26:23,083
Come here.
1056
01:26:30,190 --> 01:26:31,358
It's okay.
1057
01:26:32,761 --> 01:26:34,028
Hmm.
1058
01:26:43,470 --> 01:26:45,072
Where's your daddy?
1059
01:27:12,366 --> 01:27:13,367
You gonna sit?
1060
01:27:17,772 --> 01:27:19,173
I saw your boys.
1061
01:27:22,209 --> 01:27:24,311
Was probably hard for them
to see you.
1062
01:27:30,384 --> 01:27:31,385
You gonna sit?
1063
01:27:43,897 --> 01:27:45,999
Did you have a shotgun
in your house
1064
01:27:46,033 --> 01:27:47,267
the night they took Bo?
1065
01:27:50,538 --> 01:27:54,843
I've been wanting to explain
to you what happened.
1066
01:27:54,875 --> 01:27:56,443
You told me that part.
1067
01:27:56,477 --> 01:27:58,045
White men came knocking
1068
01:27:58,078 --> 01:27:59,581
-on my door, Mamie.
-I know that part.
1069
01:27:59,614 --> 01:28:00,548
They had a gun.
1070
01:28:00,582 --> 01:28:02,216
You have a gun!
1071
01:28:05,352 --> 01:28:08,790
How long did you
stand there doing nothing
1072
01:28:08,823 --> 01:28:10,525
while they took my child?
1073
01:28:10,558 --> 01:28:11,358
If I'd have shot them,
1074
01:28:11,392 --> 01:28:14,128
they would've killed
all of mine!
1075
01:28:14,161 --> 01:28:17,164
It'd be hunting season
for every Negro in Money!
1076
01:28:20,635 --> 01:28:22,102
We have to live here, Mamie.
1077
01:28:23,838 --> 01:28:25,239
Bobo was with my boys
1078
01:28:25,272 --> 01:28:27,207
when he went to talk
to some White woman.
1079
01:28:27,241 --> 01:28:28,643
You understand
what that mean down here?
1080
01:28:28,676 --> 01:28:31,478
Don't you dare blame Bo
for what happened to him!
1081
01:28:31,513 --> 01:28:34,047
I don't blame him!
1082
01:28:45,092 --> 01:28:47,094
I had to make a choice
that night.
1083
01:28:47,896 --> 01:28:50,197
In a moment, I had to choose.
1084
01:28:52,634 --> 01:28:55,068
And you chose yours over mine.
1085
01:28:55,102 --> 01:28:59,239
It wasn't just two White men
with a gun that night.
1086
01:29:00,542 --> 01:29:04,311
It was every White man
who'd rather see a Negro dead
1087
01:29:04,344 --> 01:29:07,047
than breathin'
the same air as him.
1088
01:29:07,080 --> 01:29:09,983
Every sheriff,
every judge in this town
1089
01:29:10,017 --> 01:29:12,219
was at my door that night.
1090
01:29:12,252 --> 01:29:16,558
I was facin' a lot more
than two men with a gun.
1091
01:29:27,334 --> 01:29:29,537
He was my only child.
1092
01:29:40,915 --> 01:29:42,115
I know.
1093
01:29:59,466 --> 01:30:01,636
That's why you're moving
after the trial...
1094
01:30:03,838 --> 01:30:05,506
because you're going
to testify?
1095
01:30:09,409 --> 01:30:13,447
No Negro in Money has ever
spoken against a White man...
1096
01:30:15,482 --> 01:30:16,684
and lived.
1097
01:30:58,860 --> 01:30:59,994
That's the house.
1098
01:31:00,028 --> 01:31:02,229
If he runs,
make sure he doesn't get away.
1099
01:31:02,262 --> 01:31:03,665
Amzie, right here.
1100
01:31:12,472 --> 01:31:13,741
Hey! Not so loud.
1101
01:31:13,775 --> 01:31:14,842
You'll scare him off.
1102
01:31:18,980 --> 01:31:20,380
We told you
to leave Willie alone.
1103
01:31:20,414 --> 01:31:22,249
Let's have
a conversation inside.
1104
01:31:22,282 --> 01:31:24,052
He didn't see nothin'!
1105
01:31:24,084 --> 01:31:26,320
Come out or we're comin' in.
1106
01:31:26,353 --> 01:31:28,322
You gonna get the boy killed.
1107
01:31:31,960 --> 01:31:34,161
Hey! Hey!
1108
01:31:39,067 --> 01:31:40,334
Come on, come on!
1109
01:32:10,330 --> 01:32:11,431
We need
to keep him here
1110
01:32:11,465 --> 01:32:13,001
just in case
he runs off again.
1111
01:32:13,034 --> 01:32:15,369
I ain't gonna run.
1112
01:32:15,402 --> 01:32:17,572
I'll tell 'em
what I saw that night.
1113
01:32:17,605 --> 01:32:19,540
And what about
your grandparents?
1114
01:32:20,340 --> 01:32:21,375
Would you say that they heard
1115
01:32:21,408 --> 01:32:22,777
some sounds
comin' out the barn too?
1116
01:32:22,810 --> 01:32:26,014
No, no, I promised them I was
gonna keep them out of it.
1117
01:32:26,047 --> 01:32:27,515
We're gonna finance security
1118
01:32:27,548 --> 01:32:29,917
for your entire family
after they testify,
1119
01:32:29,951 --> 01:32:31,418
so don't you worry none, son.
1120
01:32:32,654 --> 01:32:33,655
All right?
1121
01:32:34,589 --> 01:32:36,490
His name is Willie Reed,
1122
01:32:36,524 --> 01:32:38,760
a field hand forJ.W.'s brother.
1123
01:32:39,961 --> 01:32:41,863
He's a witness
who lives on the farm
1124
01:32:41,896 --> 01:32:43,698
not too far from where he saw
1125
01:32:43,731 --> 01:32:45,566
J.W. and Roy Bryant
1126
01:32:45,600 --> 01:32:47,769
and several other men
take Emmett.
1127
01:32:47,802 --> 01:32:50,672
Now, Willie's family
also works for the Milams,
1128
01:32:50,705 --> 01:32:53,240
so they also heard
a lot of noise that night.
1129
01:32:53,273 --> 01:32:55,242
There were other men?
1130
01:32:57,111 --> 01:32:59,479
It pains me
to have to tell you this,
1131
01:32:59,514 --> 01:33:02,750
but there were some colored
men that were involved.
1132
01:33:06,154 --> 01:33:08,523
Colored men did this
to my boy?
1133
01:33:08,556 --> 01:33:10,390
Well, they work
for Milam and Bryant,
1134
01:33:10,424 --> 01:33:12,860
and found out Bryant
had 'em paid to skip town.
1135
01:33:13,795 --> 01:33:14,796
What...
1136
01:33:19,000 --> 01:33:21,501
I can fix that for you.
1137
01:33:29,744 --> 01:33:32,747
It means a lot,
1138
01:33:34,214 --> 01:33:35,516
what you're doing.
1139
01:33:40,320 --> 01:33:41,723
Thank you.
1140
01:33:44,692 --> 01:33:45,827
Thank you.
1141
01:33:46,928 --> 01:33:48,261
It's the right thing to do.
1142
01:33:58,305 --> 01:33:59,874
Go ahead
and put these on.
1143
01:34:30,838 --> 01:34:33,241
It's difficult for me
to fall asleep
1144
01:34:33,273 --> 01:34:34,809
before Medgar gets home.
1145
01:34:38,780 --> 01:34:39,981
I've wanted to meet you.
1146
01:34:41,348 --> 01:34:43,483
What you did
with those photographs...
1147
01:34:43,518 --> 01:34:46,654
What you're doin' now,
it's, um...
1148
01:34:46,687 --> 01:34:49,389
It's nothing a mother
wouldn't do for her child.
1149
01:34:51,926 --> 01:34:52,927
Hmm.
1150
01:34:54,262 --> 01:34:55,863
How old's your son?
1151
01:34:55,897 --> 01:34:58,498
Two.
1152
01:35:00,701 --> 01:35:02,369
We almost didn't take him
and his sister
1153
01:35:02,402 --> 01:35:04,337
with us from Jackson, but I...
1154
01:35:05,740 --> 01:35:07,275
I'm trying to keep
the family together
1155
01:35:07,307 --> 01:35:09,010
as much as possible
these days.
1156
01:35:12,647 --> 01:35:14,282
I'm sure you heard
about what happened
1157
01:35:14,314 --> 01:35:16,383
to our friends Lamar Smith
and Reverend Lee.
1158
01:35:16,416 --> 01:35:18,619
Yes, I have.
1159
01:35:19,720 --> 01:35:21,589
Medgar and I worked closely
with 'em.
1160
01:35:23,057 --> 01:35:25,259
We did good work.
1161
01:35:25,293 --> 01:35:26,694
We got a lot of Negroes
registered to vote
1162
01:35:26,727 --> 01:35:28,796
for the first time
in Mississippi,
1163
01:35:30,097 --> 01:35:33,067
and that created the biggest
targets on our backs.
1164
01:35:42,543 --> 01:35:45,079
I, um...
1165
01:35:48,049 --> 01:35:51,418
I believe in the work
we're doin' for our people.
1166
01:35:52,320 --> 01:35:53,554
I do.
1167
01:35:56,524 --> 01:35:58,893
But I don't want my children
to have to live in fear.
1168
01:36:01,128 --> 01:36:02,296
I have enough fear
for all of us
1169
01:36:02,330 --> 01:36:04,364
every time I wait for Medgar
to get home.
1170
01:36:09,170 --> 01:36:10,738
Emmett just wanted
to go on vacation
1171
01:36:10,771 --> 01:36:12,874
and have fun with his cousins.
1172
01:36:14,709 --> 01:36:17,444
He never thought
anything would happen to him.
1173
01:36:18,546 --> 01:36:24,484
He knew how different
things were down here,
1174
01:36:24,518 --> 01:36:29,056
but I never raised him
to have any fear growing up.
1175
01:36:31,391 --> 01:36:33,995
I wanted him to be a boy.
1176
01:36:34,028 --> 01:36:36,964
And to not have his childhood
taken away from him.
1177
01:36:40,001 --> 01:36:41,769
But it happened anyway.
1178
01:37:02,223 --> 01:37:06,493
We do the best we can.
1179
01:37:36,057 --> 01:37:37,124
Do you know Mr. Bryant?
1180
01:37:41,195 --> 01:37:42,830
He owns
the meat market.
1181
01:37:42,863 --> 01:37:43,798
Hmm.
1182
01:37:43,831 --> 01:37:46,167
Then you know Mr. Milam,
do ya?
1183
01:37:49,203 --> 01:37:50,538
Not by name.
1184
01:37:52,173 --> 01:37:53,908
But I know him.
1185
01:37:53,941 --> 01:37:55,109
How do you know him?
1186
01:37:57,745 --> 01:37:59,580
He showed up
at my door,
1187
01:38:00,982 --> 01:38:03,084
standing there
with a flashlight in one hand
1188
01:38:03,117 --> 01:38:04,518
and a pistol in the other.
1189
01:38:06,687 --> 01:38:08,488
And what happened next?
1190
01:38:27,174 --> 01:38:30,044
He held my family at gunpoint.
1191
01:38:32,346 --> 01:38:35,583
Then he dragged my nephew
from my home and drove off.
1192
01:38:35,616 --> 01:38:37,318
Sambo!
1193
01:38:40,221 --> 01:38:43,157
And would you
1194
01:38:43,190 --> 01:38:47,762
Would you recognize Mr. Milam
were you to see him again?
1195
01:38:59,240 --> 01:39:00,241
Yes, sir.
1196
01:39:04,111 --> 01:39:05,746
I would.
1197
01:39:18,059 --> 01:39:19,493
There he is.
1198
01:39:24,799 --> 01:39:26,535
The State rests.
1199
01:39:28,903 --> 01:39:30,671
The witness
can leave now.
1200
01:39:32,606 --> 01:39:34,341
The court will have a recess.
1201
01:40:01,268 --> 01:40:02,770
What did you think you heard?
1202
01:40:05,973 --> 01:40:09,009
I heard loud hollering
and licks
1203
01:40:10,211 --> 01:40:11,312
comin' from that shed.
1204
01:40:12,613 --> 01:40:13,914
Sounded like a boy.
1205
01:40:15,683 --> 01:40:16,884
I saw, uh...
1206
01:40:19,453 --> 01:40:20,721
J.W. Milam.
1207
01:40:22,022 --> 01:40:24,892
Saw a green truck
with a white top.
1208
01:40:27,428 --> 01:40:28,629
As they drove off,
1209
01:40:28,662 --> 01:40:32,366
there was, uh.
two White men in the cab
1210
01:40:32,399 --> 01:40:34,101
and three colored men
in the back.
1211
01:40:35,703 --> 01:40:37,606
They was all sitting
next to a body.
1212
01:40:37,638 --> 01:40:39,340
Are you sure
that's what you heard?
1213
01:40:39,373 --> 01:40:40,508
Yes, sir.
1214
01:40:40,542 --> 01:40:42,343
Huh. If that's what you heard,
1215
01:40:42,376 --> 01:40:45,646
why not yell out,
or call "Help"?
1216
01:40:49,717 --> 01:40:50,918
I...
1217
01:40:54,188 --> 01:40:55,557
I...
1218
01:40:55,590 --> 01:40:56,790
I couldn't.
1219
01:40:57,725 --> 01:40:59,093
No further questions.
1220
01:41:10,704 --> 01:41:11,906
You can leave now.
1221
01:41:29,790 --> 01:41:32,092
Did you certify
that the body found
1222
01:41:32,126 --> 01:41:33,460
was Emmett Till?
1223
01:41:33,494 --> 01:41:35,062
No, I did not.
1224
01:41:35,095 --> 01:41:37,498
I just said
it was a dead body.
1225
01:41:37,532 --> 01:41:40,968
You couldn't even tell if
the body was White or Black.
1226
01:41:41,001 --> 01:41:42,336
Thank you, Sheriff Strider.
1227
01:41:42,369 --> 01:41:43,737
You are excused.
1228
01:41:46,941 --> 01:41:48,175
You want my honest opinion?
1229
01:41:48,209 --> 01:41:50,711
I think the boy's mammy
and the NAACP
1230
01:41:50,744 --> 01:41:53,280
plotted this whole thing.
1231
01:41:53,314 --> 01:41:55,115
Thank you, Sheriff Strider.
1232
01:41:56,717 --> 01:41:58,452
That boy's
still alive somewhere.
1233
01:42:40,595 --> 01:42:41,862
Mamie...
1234
01:42:44,733 --> 01:42:46,701
Did you have a son who,
in his lifetime,
1235
01:42:46,735 --> 01:42:48,836
was known as Emmett Till?
1236
01:42:50,304 --> 01:42:51,505
Yes, sir.
1237
01:42:51,539 --> 01:42:53,374
How old was he?
1238
01:42:53,407 --> 01:42:55,309
Fourteen years of age.
1239
01:42:55,342 --> 01:42:57,211
Is his father
living today?
1240
01:42:57,746 --> 01:42:58,912
No, sir.
1241
01:42:58,946 --> 01:43:01,215
He died in service.
1242
01:43:01,248 --> 01:43:02,916
Oh.
Uh, when your husband,
1243
01:43:02,950 --> 01:43:05,553
the father of Emmett Till,
was killed overseas,
1244
01:43:05,587 --> 01:43:08,122
were his belongings
sent to you?
1245
01:43:08,155 --> 01:43:09,223
Yes, sir.
1246
01:43:10,824 --> 01:43:12,359
I now hand you
1247
01:43:13,561 --> 01:43:16,598
a ring
that has engraved on it,
1248
01:43:16,631 --> 01:43:20,769
May 25th, 1943,
1249
01:43:20,801 --> 01:43:22,269
with the large initials L.T.
1250
01:43:22,303 --> 01:43:24,505
Was that among the items
that were sent to you?
1251
01:43:25,406 --> 01:43:26,440
Yes, sir.
1252
01:43:27,609 --> 01:43:28,809
And is that the ring
1253
01:43:28,842 --> 01:43:31,278
that Emmett came down here
to Mississippi with?
1254
01:43:32,279 --> 01:43:33,347
Yes, sir.
1255
01:43:34,915 --> 01:43:38,952
Mamie, I wish
you would state to the court,
1256
01:43:39,654 --> 01:43:41,021
and to the jury,
1257
01:43:41,055 --> 01:43:43,357
whether you could identify
the body
1258
01:43:43,390 --> 01:43:46,093
that you saw down there
in the funeral home
1259
01:43:46,126 --> 01:43:48,395
as that of your son,
Emmett Till.
1260
01:43:49,631 --> 01:43:50,898
I could.
1261
01:43:57,739 --> 01:44:01,075
It's hard to describe
what a mother knows.
1262
01:44:02,910 --> 01:44:04,144
Please.
1263
01:44:10,451 --> 01:44:13,521
The first thing I noticed
when I became a mother
1264
01:44:14,188 --> 01:44:16,624
was that my hands were busy.
1265
01:44:16,658 --> 01:44:18,892
All the time.
1266
01:44:18,926 --> 01:44:22,597
Rocking, carrying, swaying,
always full.
1267
01:44:23,030 --> 01:44:24,699
One hand for him,
1268
01:44:24,733 --> 01:44:26,934
and one hand
for what he needed.
1269
01:44:28,202 --> 01:44:30,337
When it came time
to place him down
1270
01:44:30,371 --> 01:44:32,607
so he could make
his own way around,
1271
01:44:33,742 --> 01:44:35,610
I touched every inch of him.
1272
01:44:36,310 --> 01:44:38,379
Every bend.
1273
01:44:38,412 --> 01:44:42,584
My hand knew him
with my eyes closed.
1274
01:44:42,617 --> 01:44:43,884
Just like I'd know
his laughter
1275
01:44:43,917 --> 01:44:45,386
in a crowded room.
1276
01:44:46,521 --> 01:44:50,324
It's the same thing
when you know all of someone.
1277
01:45:03,036 --> 01:45:06,974
I started by laying my hands
on a foot.
1278
01:45:08,643 --> 01:45:10,144
And then
1279
01:45:11,311 --> 01:45:12,946
found his knees.
1280
01:45:15,149 --> 01:45:17,251
I remembered him...
1281
01:45:19,153 --> 01:45:23,157
as my fingers
traced his hairline,
1282
01:45:24,391 --> 01:45:28,596
and bumped over the crease
of his eyelid.
1283
01:45:30,931 --> 01:45:33,434
He was spoiled and puffed,
1284
01:45:34,669 --> 01:45:36,103
but these were the same parts
1285
01:45:36,136 --> 01:45:38,272
of a boy I'd nurtured
and loved.
1286
01:45:39,306 --> 01:45:42,176
Nothing and no one
could hide him from me.
1287
01:45:44,445 --> 01:45:46,013
A mother knows.
1288
01:45:47,481 --> 01:45:49,183
Your mother would know.
1289
01:45:50,284 --> 01:45:51,118
And I knew.
1290
01:45:51,151 --> 01:45:56,223
I knew this was my boy.
Emmett Till.
1291
01:45:56,891 --> 01:45:58,526
Beyond any doubt.
1292
01:46:01,295 --> 01:46:03,263
Thank you. Uh...
1293
01:46:04,766 --> 01:46:07,201
Thank you, Mrs. Bradley.
1294
01:46:07,234 --> 01:46:10,070
I believe that's all any of us
would ever need to hear.
1295
01:46:14,676 --> 01:46:15,777
Mamie?
1296
01:46:15,810 --> 01:46:16,845
Do you happen to remember
1297
01:46:16,878 --> 01:46:18,847
the date
Emmett Till's father died?
1298
01:46:18,880 --> 01:46:22,382
Yes, sir.
July the 2nd, 1945.
1299
01:46:22,416 --> 01:46:23,885
Where was he
when he died?
1300
01:46:23,918 --> 01:46:25,252
In Europe.
1301
01:46:26,353 --> 01:46:28,989
Did you have an insurance
policy on Emmett Till?
1302
01:46:29,757 --> 01:46:30,925
Um...
1303
01:46:30,959 --> 01:46:32,694
Yes, sir.
1304
01:46:32,727 --> 01:46:34,863
How much was it for?
1305
01:46:34,896 --> 01:46:38,131
I had a 10-cent
and 15-cent policy,
1306
01:46:38,165 --> 01:46:41,268
two weekly policies,
and they equaled $400.
1307
01:46:41,301 --> 01:46:43,370
$400?
1308
01:46:44,873 --> 01:46:46,641
Now, to whom
were those policies payable?
1309
01:46:46,674 --> 01:46:49,243
Uh,
we object to that, Your Honor.
1310
01:46:49,276 --> 01:46:50,912
Objection overruled.
1311
01:46:50,945 --> 01:46:53,113
The witness
will answer the question.
1312
01:46:54,181 --> 01:46:56,250
I was the beneficiary on one,
1313
01:46:56,283 --> 01:46:58,151
and my mother
was on the other.
1314
01:46:59,219 --> 01:47:00,254
He ever cause
1315
01:47:00,287 --> 01:47:02,022
or get in any trouble
in Chicago?
1316
01:47:02,857 --> 01:47:03,958
No more than any other boy.
1317
01:47:03,992 --> 01:47:05,425
Did he attend
a reform school?
1318
01:47:05,459 --> 01:47:06,694
What for?
1319
01:47:06,728 --> 01:47:07,729
No.
1320
01:47:09,096 --> 01:47:11,398
You've been quoted
in the colored press,
1321
01:47:11,431 --> 01:47:14,134
"I told him several times
before he left for Mississippi
1322
01:47:14,167 --> 01:47:15,570
"that he should kneel
in the street
1323
01:47:15,603 --> 01:47:16,905
"and beg for forgiveness
1324
01:47:16,938 --> 01:47:18,740
"should he ever insult
a White person."
1325
01:47:18,773 --> 01:47:20,875
Not those exact words.
1326
01:47:20,909 --> 01:47:23,343
Did you caution
him not to insult White women?
1327
01:47:23,377 --> 01:47:26,280
I referred to White people
in general.
1328
01:47:26,313 --> 01:47:27,982
Did you caution your son
1329
01:47:28,016 --> 01:47:29,416
how to conduct himself
and behave himself
1330
01:47:29,449 --> 01:47:30,718
while he was down here
in Mississippi?
1331
01:47:30,752 --> 01:47:31,686
Several times.
1332
01:47:31,719 --> 01:47:34,254
Several times!
Do tell us how.
1333
01:47:34,288 --> 01:47:36,189
I will give you
a literal description
1334
01:47:36,223 --> 01:47:37,559
of what I told him.
1335
01:47:37,592 --> 01:47:38,793
How coming down here,
1336
01:47:38,826 --> 01:47:42,095
he would have to adapt himself
to a different way of life.
1337
01:47:42,129 --> 01:47:44,197
Be very careful
about how he spoke,
1338
01:47:44,231 --> 01:47:45,633
and to whom he spoke,
1339
01:47:45,667 --> 01:47:49,336
and to always remember to say,
"Yes, sir" and "No, ma'am."
1340
01:47:49,369 --> 01:47:51,839
I told him that if ever
an incident should arise
1341
01:47:51,873 --> 01:47:53,206
where there would be
any trouble
1342
01:47:53,240 --> 01:47:54,709
of any kind with White people,
1343
01:47:54,742 --> 01:47:56,844
that if it got to the point
where he needed
1344
01:47:56,878 --> 01:47:58,646
to go down on his knees
before them,
1345
01:47:58,680 --> 01:48:02,050
well, I told him
not to hesitate to do so.
1346
01:48:02,082 --> 01:48:05,218
Like if he bumped
into somebody on the street
1347
01:48:05,252 --> 01:48:07,522
and they might get belligerent
or something.
1348
01:48:07,555 --> 01:48:10,357
Well, I told him to go ahead
and humble himself
1349
01:48:10,390 --> 01:48:13,595
so as not to get into
any trouble! But...
1350
01:48:14,662 --> 01:48:15,797
But what?
1351
01:48:17,031 --> 01:48:20,535
Well, I raised him with love
for 14 years.
1352
01:48:20,568 --> 01:48:24,504
My sudden warnings about hate
weren't going to get through.
1353
01:48:25,707 --> 01:48:27,240
I now show you
what purports to be
1354
01:48:27,274 --> 01:48:28,810
a photograph of your son.
1355
01:48:31,546 --> 01:48:35,950
This was taken in my home
two days after Christmas.
1356
01:48:35,984 --> 01:48:38,553
Now, tell the court
and the jury what this is.
1357
01:48:40,521 --> 01:48:43,791
This picture is of my son
1358
01:48:43,825 --> 01:48:47,829
after Mississippi sent him
back to Chicago, dead.
1359
01:48:51,365 --> 01:48:52,767
No further questions.
1360
01:48:54,535 --> 01:48:56,336
And for the prosecution?
1361
01:48:57,972 --> 01:48:59,339
State rests.
1362
01:49:01,643 --> 01:49:03,243
Court will have
a recess.
1363
01:49:09,149 --> 01:49:10,450
They...
1364
01:49:10,484 --> 01:49:13,453
They killed my son again.
1365
01:49:21,963 --> 01:49:23,263
Hmm.
1366
01:50:04,371 --> 01:50:06,874
Will the jury please
retire to the jury room?
1367
01:50:09,777 --> 01:50:12,647
The testimony
being offered here today
1368
01:50:12,680 --> 01:50:15,783
of a prior incident
at the store in Money
1369
01:50:15,817 --> 01:50:16,984
is irrelevant.
1370
01:50:18,152 --> 01:50:19,319
Your Honor,
1371
01:50:19,352 --> 01:50:22,090
may we still continue
the testimony
1372
01:50:22,123 --> 01:50:24,291
on account of the record?
1373
01:50:24,324 --> 01:50:25,760
Uh, Your Honor...
1374
01:50:25,793 --> 01:50:27,294
Sit down.
1375
01:50:28,228 --> 01:50:31,065
Now, I see no harm
in letting Ms. Bryant
1376
01:50:31,099 --> 01:50:34,434
share her side of things
if she wants to.
1377
01:50:34,468 --> 01:50:36,671
Hell, everybody else has.
1378
01:50:36,704 --> 01:50:38,706
You think
you can handle that, dear?
1379
01:50:47,081 --> 01:50:48,516
Mrs. Bryant,
1380
01:50:49,316 --> 01:50:51,451
was anyone in the store
with you
1381
01:50:51,485 --> 01:50:55,957
on Wednesday night,
24th day of August, 1955?
1382
01:50:58,192 --> 01:50:59,594
I was alone.
1383
01:51:00,695 --> 01:51:03,263
But the children
were in the back.
1384
01:51:03,296 --> 01:51:04,899
In the living quarters.
1385
01:51:06,200 --> 01:51:08,603
And what time of day was it?
1386
01:51:08,636 --> 01:51:09,837
After dark.
1387
01:51:11,239 --> 01:51:12,272
Alone.
1388
01:51:12,305 --> 01:51:14,508
At nighttime
with your children.
1389
01:51:14,542 --> 01:51:17,044
Well, you just tell the court
what happened next.
1390
01:51:19,312 --> 01:51:22,049
This nigger man
came into the store
1391
01:51:22,083 --> 01:51:24,417
and stood by the candy case.
1392
01:51:25,186 --> 01:51:26,788
And you?
1393
01:51:26,821 --> 01:51:29,422
I was
behind the counter.
1394
01:51:29,456 --> 01:51:32,260
I asked the man
what he wanted.
1395
01:51:32,292 --> 01:51:34,796
And then did you get him
the merchandise?
1396
01:51:34,829 --> 01:51:35,830
Yes.
1397
01:51:37,430 --> 01:51:40,268
And then what did you do?
1398
01:51:40,300 --> 01:51:42,637
I held out my hand
for the money.
1399
01:51:43,838 --> 01:51:45,505
Will you show the court
1400
01:51:45,540 --> 01:51:47,008
how you held your hand out?
1401
01:51:48,843 --> 01:51:49,877
Like this.
1402
01:51:49,911 --> 01:51:52,345
And did he give you
the money?
1403
01:51:52,379 --> 01:51:54,515
No,
he caught my hand.
1404
01:51:55,516 --> 01:51:57,417
Will you show the court
1405
01:51:57,450 --> 01:51:59,554
just how he grasped your hand?
1406
01:52:03,390 --> 01:52:05,259
And was that a strong grip
or a light grip
1407
01:52:05,293 --> 01:52:07,829
that he had
when he held your hand?
1408
01:52:07,862 --> 01:52:09,197
A strong grip.
1409
01:52:11,431 --> 01:52:13,935
Will you show
the court what you did?
1410
01:52:13,968 --> 01:52:15,603
How did you get loose?
1411
01:52:21,008 --> 01:52:23,878
I jerked it loose like this.
1412
01:52:25,046 --> 01:52:29,349
Now, just what did he say
when he grabbed your hand?
1413
01:52:31,085 --> 01:52:33,955
- "How about a date, baby?"
- Hmm.
1414
01:52:35,156 --> 01:52:37,325
Now, you freed yourself.
1415
01:52:37,357 --> 01:52:38,860
And what happened then?
1416
01:52:43,164 --> 01:52:45,465
I turned to the back
of the store.
1417
01:52:47,367 --> 01:52:49,469
And he went on his way?
1418
01:52:51,606 --> 01:52:53,373
No.
1419
01:52:53,406 --> 01:52:56,811
He came after me.
1420
01:52:56,844 --> 01:52:59,814
He caught me down
by the cash register.
1421
01:53:02,350 --> 01:53:06,787
Mrs. Bryant, can you
demonstrate for the court?
1422
01:53:09,657 --> 01:53:10,524
Yes.
1423
01:53:10,558 --> 01:53:11,859
All right, now.
1424
01:53:19,767 --> 01:53:22,536
Grabbed your hands,
pinned them behind your back?
1425
01:53:24,805 --> 01:53:26,107
Yes.
1426
01:53:26,140 --> 01:53:29,110
His right hand
on your right hip?
1427
01:53:30,578 --> 01:53:32,079
Here.
1428
01:53:33,247 --> 01:53:34,815
Just what did he say?
1429
01:53:36,817 --> 01:53:40,888
He said,
"You needn't be afraid of me.
1430
01:53:40,922 --> 01:53:42,924
"I've been
with White women before."
1431
01:53:43,891 --> 01:53:45,993
And what happened then?
1432
01:53:46,027 --> 01:53:48,461
Then another nigger
came in the door...
1433
01:53:50,364 --> 01:53:52,566
I'm ready to go.
1434
01:53:52,600 --> 01:53:53,968
You want me
to come and get you
1435
01:53:54,001 --> 01:53:54,902
when they read a verdict?
1436
01:53:54,936 --> 01:53:59,073
No. I'm ready
to leave Mississippi. Now.
1437
01:53:59,106 --> 01:54:00,574
What about the verdict?
1438
01:54:01,575 --> 01:54:03,511
I know what the verdict is.
1439
01:54:06,280 --> 01:54:08,783
After deliberatingfor about an hour,
1440
01:54:08,816 --> 01:54:11,185
the jury has just come backwith a verdict
1441
01:54:11,218 --> 01:54:13,187
of "not guilty."
1442
01:54:13,220 --> 01:54:17,158
Thus the defendants Milamand Bryant are free men.
1443
01:54:17,191 --> 01:54:18,793
They celebrated their victory
1444
01:54:18,826 --> 01:54:22,430
laughing and smiling withtheir wives at their side,
1445
01:54:22,462 --> 01:54:25,199
clearly happy...
1446
01:54:58,498 --> 01:55:02,870
Her storyhas changed the world.
1447
01:55:02,903 --> 01:55:06,607
Because she had the courageto make it not just her own,
1448
01:55:07,274 --> 01:55:08,576
but all of ours.
1449
01:55:11,278 --> 01:55:14,915
Mamie, it is an honorto share the stage with you.
1450
01:55:16,584 --> 01:55:18,552
To share this fight with you.
1451
01:55:18,586 --> 01:55:20,588
Yes, yes!
1452
01:55:20,621 --> 01:55:25,860
Please welcomeMrs. Mamie Till-Bradley.
1453
01:55:30,898 --> 01:55:32,466
This is just
the beginning.
1454
01:55:42,109 --> 01:55:46,347
I would like togive honor to God,
1455
01:55:46,380 --> 01:55:48,416
who is the sourceof my strength
1456
01:55:48,449 --> 01:55:50,317
and the reason for my being.
1457
01:55:51,619 --> 01:55:55,122
I thank you,Mr. Mooty and the NAACP,
1458
01:55:55,156 --> 01:55:58,125
for inviting meto speak before you all
1459
01:55:58,159 --> 01:55:59,927
in Harlem, New York City.
1460
01:56:00,327 --> 01:56:01,929
Yes.
1461
01:56:01,962 --> 01:56:04,932
My son's brutalized bodymeant nothing
1462
01:56:04,965 --> 01:56:08,135
to Mississippi'scriminal justice system.
1463
01:56:08,169 --> 01:56:11,372
And while they blamedthe victim, as usual,
1464
01:56:11,405 --> 01:56:14,775
the federal governmentstood idly by.
1465
01:56:14,809 --> 01:56:17,344
If this countryfails to protect
1466
01:56:17,378 --> 01:56:19,013
the Black body from hate,
1467
01:56:19,046 --> 01:56:21,482
America has yet to meether promise.
1468
01:56:21,516 --> 01:56:22,783
Amen!
1469
01:56:22,817 --> 01:56:26,320
Either freedom for everyone,or freedom fails!
1470
01:56:35,096 --> 01:56:39,166
One month ago, I hada nice apartment in Chicago.
1471
01:56:39,200 --> 01:56:43,804
I had a good job. I had a son.
1472
01:56:43,838 --> 01:56:46,240
When something happenedto the Negroes in the South,
1473
01:56:46,273 --> 01:56:50,277
I said, "Well, that'stheir business. Not mine."
1474
01:56:50,311 --> 01:56:53,848
Now I know how wrong I was.
1475
01:56:53,881 --> 01:56:56,150
The lynching of my sonhas shown me
1476
01:56:56,183 --> 01:56:58,219
that what happensto any of us,
1477
01:56:58,252 --> 01:56:59,521
anywhere in the world,
1478
01:56:59,554 --> 01:57:02,623
had better be the businessof us all.
1479
01:57:17,505 --> 01:57:19,140
I hear ya, sister!
1480
01:57:19,673 --> 01:57:21,075
That's right.
1481
01:57:21,842 --> 01:57:23,444
Tell it like it is!
1482
01:57:23,477 --> 01:57:24,778
I heard that!
1483
01:57:26,147 --> 01:57:27,681
Yes! Yes!
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